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 delay06:00–07:003.3min · 454 recorded · 450 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour29.8min06:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights3,416CHS–MIA
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
33.116.60.0
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
4882440
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
107
06:00
92.7%
3.3 min
450
454
07:00
89.4%
9.0 min
236
238
08:00
86.1%
8.0 min
280
283
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
10:00
85.6%
15.6 min
201
204
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
120
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
6
6
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
11
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
109
17:00
66.4%
25.2 min
482
488
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
29
31
19:00
64.5%
28.5 min
301
304
20:00
70.6%
29.3 min
292
298
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
151
22:00
63.0%
33.1 min
475
483
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
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
30.615.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4972490
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.4%
15.3 min
481
496
Tuesday
82.1%
13.5 min
468
478
Wednesday
83.8%
7.7 min
480
486
Thursday
73.4%
26.5 min
478
481
Friday
74.0%
24.7 min
489
489
Saturday
77.9%
17.7 min
488
497
Sunday
65.1%
30.6 min
487
489
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
32.116.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3681840
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
77.3%
13.2 min
277
298
Feb
76.4%
32.1 min
275
278
Mar
73.4%
31.7 min
304
310
Apr
76.7%
20.6 min
356
360
May
74.8%
14.3 min
353
354
Jun
79.3%
15.8 min
300
300
Jul
68.0%
32.1 min
362
368
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
124
Oct
84.1%
7.4 min
252
252
Nov
80.8%
10.7 min
286
288
Dec
77.2%
18.4 min
298
298
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 time75.3%2,573
Delayed >15 min23.4%798
Cancelled1.3%45
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.