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 delay08:00–09:004.9min · 370 recorded · 363 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.0min08:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights3,284CHS–JFK
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
21.911.00.0
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
3701850
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
—
1
1
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
140
07:00
89.1%
5.5 min
247
257
08:00
85.1%
4.9 min
363
370
09:00
84.0%
6.2 min
293
300
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
143
11:00
76.5%
13.3 min
349
353
12:00
77.8%
9.4 min
234
248
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
168
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
128
15:00
68.8%
21.9 min
263
269
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
124
17:00
71.4%
19.1 min
245
254
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
191
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
169
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
167
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
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
18.39.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4982490
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.7%
15.2 min
470
495
Tuesday
78.8%
11.7 min
405
426
Wednesday
79.4%
13.1 min
413
423
Thursday
71.3%
15.8 min
467
475
Friday
77.0%
13.9 min
479
492
Saturday
77.1%
13.6 min
463
475
Sunday
72.1%
18.3 min
466
498
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
41.620.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4302150
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
77.8%
13.3 min
279
314
Feb
71.4%
13.2 min
280
296
Mar
72.3%
14.1 min
253
259
Apr
83.5%
4.6 min
303
303
May
77.8%
14.1 min
252
252
Jun
66.5%
25.1 min
230
238
Jul
55.3%
41.6 min
208
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
96
96
Oct
86.0%
3.4 min
308
311
Nov
85.2%
7.9 min
426
429
Dec
67.6%
21.3 min
420
430
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 time73.0%2,398
Delayed >15 min23.3%765
Cancelled3.7%121
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.