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 delay06:00–07:00-1.6min · 888 recorded · 872 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour32.1min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights7,754BOS–PIT
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
30.414.4-1.6
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
8884440
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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10
10
06:00
94.5%
-1.6 min
872
888
07:00
90.9%
2.4 min
579
593
08:00
91.0%
1.9 min
698
707
09:00
87.3%
4.1 min
346
354
10:00
86.4%
3.5 min
509
513
11:00
86.1%
3.9 min
681
685
12:00
79.1%
8.6 min
273
277
13:00
76.9%
10.6 min
238
239
14:00
79.8%
9.6 min
489
500
15:00
77.2%
11.6 min
364
374
16:00
69.2%
19.1 min
471
486
17:00
70.2%
20.2 min
467
482
18:00
65.5%
22.6 min
449
466
19:00
69.4%
16.6 min
340
354
20:00
60.4%
30.4 min
558
587
21:00
69.3%
17.5 min
225
232
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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6
6
23:00
No observations
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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
13.76.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,2016010
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.8%
10.5 min
1,156
1,201
Tuesday
83.8%
7.6 min
1,053
1,084
Wednesday
82.8%
4.9 min
1,098
1,114
Thursday
75.5%
13.7 min
1,157
1,185
Friday
78.0%
11.7 min
1,185
1,197
Saturday
84.1%
9.8 min
867
882
Sunday
78.2%
12.8 min
1,060
1,091
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
20.510.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8684340
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.7%
7.2 min
522
545
Feb
80.6%
10.2 min
470
494
Mar
83.1%
7.7 min
644
647
Apr
85.0%
4.7 min
660
661
May
81.7%
8.1 min
769
772
Jun
78.5%
11.2 min
841
861
Jul
71.1%
20.5 min
810
868
Aug
84.7%
6.7 min
426
434
Sep
68.5%
14.9 min
384
394
Oct
78.5%
10.8 min
661
670
Nov
86.5%
6.2 min
712
719
Dec
78.3%
12.3 min
677
689
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 time78.3%6,070
Delayed >15 min19.4%1,506
Cancelled2.3%178
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.