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 delay06:00–07:005.4min · 501 recorded · 491 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.5min06:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights1,730BUF–EWR
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
21.910.90.0
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
5012510
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
06:00
90.8%
5.4 min
491
501
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
104
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
64
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
177
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
58
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
72
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
15:00
No observations
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—
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
100
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
12
14
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
4
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
97
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
47
53
21:00
66.6%
21.9 min
335
348
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
95
100
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
15.07.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2691350
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.5%
12.7 min
256
266
Tuesday
86.2%
6.5 min
253
264
Wednesday
84.0%
7.3 min
250
260
Thursday
81.5%
13.9 min
259
269
Friday
88.3%
4.7 min
248
254
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
176
Sunday
79.3%
15.0 min
227
241
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
16.38.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2521260
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
—
78
79
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
92
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
167
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
126
May
91.3%
3.0 min
219
224
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
166
Jul
78.3%
16.3 min
221
252
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
11
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
171
Nov
79.0%
12.2 min
224
225
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
176
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 time80.2%1,387
Delayed >15 min16.1%278
Cancelled3.8%65
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.