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 delay08:00–09:00-1.9min · 574 recorded · 570 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.3min08:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights2,741CHS–IAD
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
11.34.7-1.9
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
6563280
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
07:00
No observations
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—
—
08:00
95.3%
-1.9 min
570
574
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
77
10:00
94.5%
-0.4 min
493
497
11:00
No observations
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12:00
87.5%
2.4 min
319
325
13:00
91.5%
6.1 min
318
323
14:00
84.1%
11.3 min
646
656
15:00
No observations
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16:00
No observations
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17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
88
92
18:00
No observations
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19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
83
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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54
54
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
8.24.0-0.1
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4082040
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
91.7%
3.6 min
399
408
Tuesday
90.1%
5.4 min
375
377
Wednesday
92.2%
-0.1 min
382
386
Thursday
91.4%
2.0 min
383
391
Friday
86.9%
5.3 min
388
390
Saturday
88.0%
7.6 min
382
386
Sunday
85.8%
8.2 min
393
403
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
10.64.5-1.6
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3171590
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.0%
8.3 min
212
238
Feb
93.5%
3.1 min
216
218
Mar
86.0%
6.6 min
315
317
Apr
90.6%
5.1 min
308
308
May
91.1%
2.7 min
293
294
Jun
94.6%
-1.6 min
239
240
Jul
84.5%
10.6 min
245
250
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
116
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
182
Nov
91.2%
3.8 min
239
240
Dec
84.4%
7.7 min
237
238
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 time88.1%2,416
Delayed >15 min10.4%286
Cancelled1.4%39
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.
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