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 delay06:00–07:001.2min · 1,109 recorded · 1,089 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.9min06:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights4,956CHS–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
27.113.60.0
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
1,1095550
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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24
26
06:00
93.0%
1.2 min
1,089
1,109
07:00
92.7%
1.4 min
261
266
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
25
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
173
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
77
77
11:00
84.1%
14.4 min
715
730
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
163
13:00
79.9%
8.8 min
204
208
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
197
211
15:00
69.3%
27.1 min
303
327
16:00
80.0%
9.4 min
300
311
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
103
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
117
19:00
72.4%
21.1 min
333
344
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
121
21:00
67.1%
23.9 min
617
644
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
24.412.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7513760
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.1%
15.6 min
723
751
Tuesday
85.3%
4.4 min
644
664
Wednesday
84.7%
8.6 min
645
655
Thursday
77.6%
15.4 min
705
730
Friday
79.1%
15.0 min
732
747
Saturday
78.2%
15.7 min
646
671
Sunday
75.6%
24.4 min
687
738
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
25.612.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5122560
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.1%
9.2 min
420
458
Feb
84.5%
7.9 min
400
422
Mar
81.2%
9.1 min
485
494
Apr
84.4%
8.4 min
493
502
May
71.5%
24.3 min
418
441
Jun
80.1%
19.4 min
382
389
Jul
76.1%
25.6 min
376
409
Aug
83.1%
9.7 min
219
228
Sep
84.8%
9.6 min
204
206
Oct
78.2%
17.3 min
399
401
Nov
77.0%
16.1 min
499
512
Dec
76.8%
13.6 min
487
494
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 time77.0%3,817
Delayed >15 min19.5%965
Cancelled3.5%174
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.