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 delay05:00–06:00-1.0min · 597 recorded · 597 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour8.4min05:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights4,102BZN–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
7.43.2-1.0
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
5972990
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
94.1%
-1.0 min
597
597
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
61
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
90.6%
1.6 min
405
408
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
58
11:00
91.7%
0.8 min
527
530
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
122
13:00
91.0%
0.8 min
412
412
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
155
16:00
84.0%
3.3 min
430
434
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
18:00
88.0%
5.4 min
426
430
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
123
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
17
21:00
88.5%
4.0 min
252
252
22:00
83.4%
7.4 min
277
277
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
106
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
4.22.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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5962980
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.8%
4.2 min
592
594
Tuesday
91.3%
0.6 min
584
586
Wednesday
91.1%
1.1 min
584
586
Thursday
90.0%
4.2 min
580
584
Friday
87.8%
3.5 min
588
590
Saturday
87.5%
3.8 min
562
566
Sunday
88.3%
2.4 min
596
596
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
8.73.3-2.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4842420
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
90.2%
4.7 min
366
368
Feb
87.4%
3.5 min
334
336
Mar
86.0%
2.8 min
370
372
Apr
86.9%
8.7 min
314
314
May
88.9%
1.7 min
360
360
Jun
90.0%
4.1 min
448
448
Jul
89.6%
3.2 min
482
484
Aug
89.8%
1.1 min
226
226
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
93.4%
-2.0 min
302
302
Nov
90.7%
1.8 min
344
352
Dec
84.4%
3.2 min
360
360
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 time88.8%3,641
Delayed >15 min10.8%445
Cancelled0.4%16
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.