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 delay05:00–06:000.3min · 276 recorded · 269 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour36.7min05:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights7,197BOS–SJU
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
37.118.50.0
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
1,0705350
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
02:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
42
03:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
04:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
05:00
92.2%
0.3 min
269
276
06:00
87.6%
6.6 min
493
505
07:00
86.8%
8.0 min
310
314
08:00
85.4%
7.2 min
1,064
1,070
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
143
145
10:00
76.3%
23.6 min
421
431
11:00
68.9%
35.4 min
273
278
12:00
70.6%
22.0 min
534
541
13:00
75.5%
13.3 min
719
726
14:00
75.3%
17.2 min
640
652
15:00
64.3%
30.7 min
456
477
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
171
17:00
61.5%
27.5 min
273
283
18:00
61.8%
24.8 min
304
313
19:00
61.7%
28.8 min
345
355
20:00
54.1%
37.1 min
316
330
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
117
118
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
100
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
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
24.812.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1365680
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
72.4%
23.0 min
1,005
1,039
Tuesday
79.4%
14.7 min
929
942
Wednesday
77.9%
12.1 min
900
910
Thursday
73.8%
16.8 min
1,055
1,066
Friday
76.7%
16.1 min
1,028
1,036
Saturday
71.0%
20.5 min
1,105
1,136
Sunday
69.6%
24.8 min
1,032
1,068
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
26.913.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8834420
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
69.4%
25.9 min
705
754
Feb
70.7%
26.9 min
743
775
Mar
74.2%
18.6 min
867
883
Apr
77.6%
12.2 min
807
808
May
81.4%
12.3 min
592
592
Jun
79.8%
11.3 min
585
585
Jul
70.2%
21.7 min
590
619
Aug
75.8%
17.5 min
363
367
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
167
Oct
78.8%
12.8 min
349
352
Nov
77.2%
13.9 min
539
543
Dec
65.7%
25.7 min
747
752
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 time72.8%5,237
Delayed >15 min25.2%1,817
Cancelled2.0%143
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.