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 delay07:00–08:003.0min · 248 recorded · 246 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.3min07:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights4,617CHS–LGA
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
27.313.60.0
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
7873940
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
90.6%
4.2 min
331
340
07:00
91.1%
3.0 min
246
248
08:00
86.4%
4.7 min
293
308
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
197
202
10:00
84.3%
8.7 min
242
243
11:00
80.4%
12.3 min
458
481
12:00
80.4%
10.9 min
250
265
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
108
14:00
72.1%
27.3 min
531
549
15:00
76.1%
19.5 min
573
591
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
71
74
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
178
18:00
71.2%
23.9 min
736
787
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
200
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
23
25
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
18
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
19.69.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6943470
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.4%
18.8 min
640
682
Tuesday
81.9%
10.5 min
629
659
Wednesday
77.6%
14.9 min
656
671
Thursday
75.8%
19.2 min
633
665
Friday
76.6%
19.6 min
657
680
Saturday
82.4%
15.8 min
544
566
Sunday
76.8%
16.4 min
663
694
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
47.423.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5662830
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.6%
11.5 min
228
248
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
176
Mar
81.5%
7.1 min
362
394
Apr
80.7%
9.5 min
467
468
May
78.5%
19.7 min
418
428
Jun
79.3%
17.0 min
425
456
Jul
62.8%
47.4 min
438
481
Aug
79.3%
13.4 min
212
214
Sep
84.6%
6.8 min
246
250
Oct
83.8%
10.6 min
426
436
Nov
81.5%
11.5 min
558
566
Dec
71.3%
22.4 min
480
500
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 time75.1%3,466
Delayed >15 min20.7%956
Cancelled4.2%195
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.