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 · 235 recorded · 229 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour19.6min07:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights4,467CHS–PHL
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
22.511.30.0
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
6973490
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
—
37
38
06:00
90.5%
16.3 min
200
206
07:00
88.2%
3.0 min
229
235
08:00
88.5%
4.5 min
556
566
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
96
10:00
87.5%
10.9 min
313
320
11:00
81.3%
8.7 min
449
454
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
13:00
79.7%
15.5 min
320
328
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
53
54
15:00
75.0%
13.3 min
681
697
16:00
76.7%
12.7 min
364
372
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
131
18:00
73.7%
21.0 min
300
311
19:00
73.1%
22.5 min
294
303
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
117
128
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
16.68.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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6863430
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.5%
11.5 min
657
681
Tuesday
83.3%
9.2 min
557
572
Wednesday
82.3%
9.5 min
569
581
Thursday
77.3%
15.5 min
625
640
Friday
79.4%
16.6 min
671
680
Saturday
81.2%
12.0 min
611
627
Sunday
78.7%
12.1 min
670
686
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
20.910.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5032520
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.1%
14.0 min
286
316
Feb
80.7%
7.0 min
296
310
Mar
82.6%
14.1 min
424
430
Apr
82.5%
8.9 min
502
503
May
80.1%
10.8 min
462
471
Jun
77.6%
12.4 min
398
423
Jul
75.1%
20.9 min
362
376
Aug
78.1%
17.2 min
247
252
Sep
79.5%
7.4 min
219
219
Oct
81.0%
8.4 min
436
436
Nov
84.4%
12.6 min
417
417
Dec
77.8%
17.8 min
311
314
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 time78.4%3,500
Delayed >15 min19.3%860
Cancelled2.4%107
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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