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 delay07:00–08:000.2min · 318 recorded · 313 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour38.0min07:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights4,105BZN–ORD
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
38.219.10.0
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
8444220
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
No observations
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07:00
92.7%
0.2 min
313
318
08:00
90.9%
3.0 min
309
313
09:00
84.6%
6.9 min
729
732
10:00
75.7%
13.3 min
460
461
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
96
96
12:00
78.3%
14.9 min
840
844
13:00
63.6%
38.2 min
481
484
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
16:00
71.7%
22.8 min
290
291
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
61
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
191
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
163
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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22
22
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
29.214.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6233120
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.5%
15.6 min
600
605
Tuesday
79.5%
10.8 min
508
513
Wednesday
76.9%
17.9 min
515
518
Thursday
78.7%
14.5 min
601
604
Friday
72.7%
29.2 min
616
621
Saturday
76.0%
18.2 min
616
621
Sunday
73.3%
18.4 min
618
623
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
31.815.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5922960
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
70.3%
31.8 min
364
366
Feb
74.3%
20.5 min
327
327
Mar
72.3%
22.4 min
394
398
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
162
May
86.0%
5.0 min
329
330
Jun
77.6%
19.2 min
567
568
Jul
70.3%
23.1 min
582
592
Aug
76.8%
18.1 min
280
288
Sep
79.3%
9.8 min
266
266
Oct
82.8%
5.2 min
337
338
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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130
130
Dec
71.5%
24.1 min
340
340
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 time75.5%3,101
Delayed >15 min23.7%973
Cancelled0.8%31
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.