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 delay09:00–10:002.8min · 621 recorded · 615 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.8min09:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights2,393CHS–DEN
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
23.511.80.0
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
7883940
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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6
6
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
44
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
88
89
09:00
91.5%
2.8 min
615
621
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
66
66
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
198
198
15:00
56.3%
23.5 min
206
206
16:00
73.6%
19.7 min
780
788
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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116
118
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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9
9
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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12
12
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
17.68.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3701850
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.3%
12.1 min
355
356
Tuesday
80.6%
12.2 min
309
312
Wednesday
79.3%
12.9 min
304
308
Thursday
77.5%
10.8 min
346
349
Friday
77.4%
17.6 min
362
364
Saturday
80.7%
9.9 min
331
334
Sunday
72.4%
14.4 min
369
370
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
23.511.80.0
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
84.2%
5.3 min
221
234
Feb
81.5%
12.0 min
222
222
Mar
81.3%
8.0 min
246
248
Apr
76.9%
15.1 min
238
238
May
75.1%
19.6 min
221
221
Jun
69.1%
16.5 min
233
234
Jul
67.9%
23.5 min
246
246
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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100
100
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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94
94
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
170
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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197
198
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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188
188
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 time77.3%1,850
Delayed >15 min22.0%526
Cancelled0.7%17
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.