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 · Dec 19, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay07:00–08:00-1.1min · 401 recorded · 394 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.5min07:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights1,196BZN–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
13.46.2-1.1
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
4012010
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
—
7
7
07:00
93.2%
-1.1 min
394
401
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
133
135
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
54
54
11:00
78.4%
13.4 min
338
345
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
69
70
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
135
138
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
16:00
No observations
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—
17:00
No observations
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18:00
No observations
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19:00
No observations
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20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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22:00
No observations
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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
12.76.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2261130
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
158
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
158
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
158
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
168
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
168
Saturday
78.1%
12.7 min
224
226
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
160
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
24.112.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2481240
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
—
137
142
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
128
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
138
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
12
12
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
42
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
142
142
Jul
74.3%
24.1 min
241
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
50
Nov
No observations
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Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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62
62
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 time80.9%967
Delayed >15 min17.5%209
Cancelled1.7%20
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.