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 delay07:00–08:003.9min · 2,368 recorded · 2,342 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.8min07:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights8,917BOS–SEA
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
21.710.90.0
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
2,3681,1840
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
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61
61
07:00
89.2%
3.9 min
2,342
2,368
08:00
78.6%
11.5 min
402
406
09:00
82.5%
10.1 min
622
626
10:00
67.8%
18.2 min
348
350
11:00
72.2%
21.7 min
736
742
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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6
6
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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53
53
14:00
No observations
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15:00
72.1%
17.0 min
1,040
1,049
16:00
77.5%
11.5 min
311
316
17:00
80.9%
7.1 min
278
281
18:00
70.6%
18.2 min
888
902
19:00
68.4%
19.9 min
386
394
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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141
141
22:00
79.7%
9.3 min
538
546
23:00
77.1%
14.0 min
667
675
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
15.07.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,3256630
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.7%
13.5 min
1,304
1,321
Tuesday
80.2%
12.1 min
1,210
1,222
Wednesday
81.0%
10.8 min
1,246
1,253
Thursday
76.6%
15.0 min
1,301
1,317
Friday
78.3%
11.6 min
1,316
1,325
Saturday
78.2%
12.8 min
1,149
1,161
Sunday
77.3%
14.5 min
1,294
1,318
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
27.113.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1825910
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.6%
8.2 min
547
561
Feb
82.6%
15.5 min
522
548
Mar
81.5%
7.9 min
724
727
Apr
82.9%
8.1 min
732
735
May
81.3%
7.9 min
957
963
Jun
72.0%
16.7 min
1,058
1,066
Jul
68.2%
27.1 min
1,156
1,182
Aug
77.5%
13.2 min
541
541
Sep
76.4%
16.0 min
458
458
Oct
80.1%
11.4 min
739
743
Nov
86.5%
4.4 min
698
700
Dec
79.2%
10.5 min
688
693
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 time77.6%6,918
Delayed >15 min21.3%1,902
Cancelled1.1%97
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.