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 delay08:00–09:003.0min · 351 recorded · 343 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour29.3min08:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights4,431CHS–DFW
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
32.316.10.0
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
8164080
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
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—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
86
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
105
07:00
90.6%
7.9 min
530
541
08:00
86.9%
3.0 min
343
351
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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10
10
10:00
84.6%
8.3 min
266
271
11:00
69.1%
17.6 min
379
386
12:00
86.1%
4.8 min
244
247
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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90
92
14:00
66.1%
27.1 min
357
361
15:00
68.3%
18.6 min
656
680
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
73
74
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
43
18:00
56.3%
28.3 min
213
217
19:00
60.4%
32.3 min
781
816
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
119
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
32
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
24.312.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7083540
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
71.1%
18.8 min
622
635
Tuesday
77.0%
19.1 min
543
565
Wednesday
72.8%
15.2 min
585
597
Thursday
75.6%
15.3 min
661
681
Friday
76.5%
17.1 min
622
634
Saturday
71.1%
20.7 min
588
611
Sunday
72.2%
24.3 min
693
708
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
30.715.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5462730
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
79.8%
21.8 min
322
361
Feb
79.5%
8.1 min
283
286
Mar
73.4%
18.4 min
384
388
Apr
72.7%
16.6 min
395
400
May
66.0%
27.4 min
465
481
Jun
64.7%
30.7 min
512
532
Jul
69.3%
21.2 min
538
546
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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167
169
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
136
Oct
80.2%
12.7 min
328
328
Nov
82.5%
9.0 min
377
388
Dec
79.7%
11.7 min
409
416
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 time71.8%3,180
Delayed >15 min25.6%1,134
Cancelled2.6%117
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.