Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.
Flight timing & delays
Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.
Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.
US domestic sectors recorded by BTS
Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay06:00–07:000.2min · 666 recorded · 656 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.3min06:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights7,680BOS–PHX
Departure hour
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
24.512.20.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9434720
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Departure hour
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
00:00
No observations
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01:00
No observations
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02:00
No observations
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03:00
No observations
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04:00
No observations
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05:00
No observations
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06:00
94.2%
0.2 min
656
666
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
08:00
86.1%
7.8 min
754
763
09:00
88.8%
9.9 min
848
853
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
74
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
91
91
12:00
78.2%
18.0 min
937
943
13:00
74.0%
17.9 min
762
773
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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49
49
15:00
66.0%
24.5 min
238
241
16:00
71.2%
17.8 min
566
576
17:00
69.6%
24.0 min
711
721
18:00
70.2%
16.3 min
312
315
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
90
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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6
6
21:00
80.5%
13.6 min
220
223
22:00
78.3%
14.0 min
893
906
23:00
81.0%
16.4 min
211
214
Day of week
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
18.79.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1745870
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.5%
13.4 min
1,104
1,130
Tuesday
81.8%
11.0 min
1,014
1,029
Wednesday
82.1%
14.0 min
1,044
1,048
Thursday
77.7%
15.5 min
1,140
1,140
Friday
77.2%
18.7 min
1,103
1,111
Saturday
79.9%
11.8 min
1,036
1,048
Sunday
79.2%
12.9 min
1,150
1,174
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
23.011.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8204100
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.6%
10.9 min
707
734
Feb
80.1%
17.3 min
668
696
Mar
83.1%
9.9 min
818
820
Apr
84.7%
9.1 min
796
796
May
77.6%
10.6 min
768
768
Jun
76.2%
17.1 min
651
655
Jul
70.1%
22.8 min
611
626
Aug
80.3%
18.0 min
274
274
Sep
72.9%
23.0 min
262
264
Oct
77.9%
17.6 min
574
574
Nov
81.8%
12.2 min
693
697
Dec
80.1%
11.2 min
769
776
Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.
Recorded outcomes
On time78.7%6,041
Delayed >15 min20.2%1,550
Cancelled1.2%89
Missing departure time0.0%0
All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.
On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.
Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.