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 delay07:00–08:00-0.4min · 221 recorded · 213 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.2min07:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights3,661BOS–SAV
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
24.712.1-0.4
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
4952480
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
111
07:00
91.6%
-0.4 min
213
221
08:00
87.7%
3.8 min
293
296
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
192
10:00
81.2%
9.5 min
271
280
11:00
82.9%
12.0 min
426
432
12:00
78.5%
8.7 min
489
495
13:00
71.2%
18.3 min
288
299
14:00
74.5%
15.5 min
294
304
15:00
66.4%
24.7 min
298
306
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
193
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
198
200
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
115
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
34
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
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
17.28.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6653330
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.9%
16.9 min
482
496
Tuesday
79.1%
13.8 min
421
434
Wednesday
79.3%
9.3 min
435
443
Thursday
75.3%
13.1 min
502
514
Friday
73.7%
16.7 min
483
486
Saturday
81.9%
10.9 min
607
623
Sunday
72.7%
17.2 min
651
665
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
29.614.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4212110
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
214
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
181
193
Mar
75.5%
15.7 min
347
348
Apr
79.7%
7.2 min
408
409
May
81.5%
9.3 min
421
421
Jun
77.7%
12.0 min
376
380
Jul
67.0%
29.6 min
354
384
Aug
85.4%
3.5 min
205
206
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
182
Oct
73.4%
13.1 min
293
296
Nov
81.2%
10.4 min
324
326
Dec
73.4%
18.3 min
297
302
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 time75.1%2,748
Delayed >15 min22.8%833
Cancelled2.2%80
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.