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 delay06:00–07:00-0.4min · 642 recorded · 636 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.9min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights4,489BOS–SLC
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
16.58.1-0.4
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
7903950
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
—
—
—
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
95.0%
-0.4 min
636
642
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
17
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
52
09:00
84.6%
9.4 min
560
565
10:00
83.2%
13.7 min
559
562
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
125
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
36
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
14:00
No observations
—
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15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
65
17:00
76.6%
14.9 min
782
790
18:00
70.9%
16.5 min
608
614
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
121
20:00
No observations
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21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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139
145
23:00
85.7%
5.0 min
698
710
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
14.77.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6913460
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.9%
12.6 min
641
659
Tuesday
81.2%
14.7 min
586
595
Wednesday
84.1%
7.4 min
584
588
Thursday
80.3%
11.7 min
646
648
Friday
79.9%
11.4 min
648
655
Saturday
83.1%
9.1 min
687
691
Sunday
79.4%
10.7 min
641
653
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
17.08.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5662830
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.7%
11.6 min
332
348
Feb
78.5%
13.8 min
396
412
Mar
82.5%
8.4 min
564
566
Apr
89.6%
4.0 min
364
364
May
84.3%
6.9 min
370
372
Jun
78.0%
12.4 min
437
438
Jul
75.7%
17.0 min
478
492
Aug
80.1%
11.3 min
231
232
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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184
184
Oct
82.4%
10.7 min
323
323
Nov
87.0%
7.0 min
368
368
Dec
73.6%
16.5 min
386
390
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 time80.1%3,596
Delayed >15 min18.6%837
Cancelled1.2%56
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.
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