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 delay11:00–12:0011.9min · 324 recorded · 324 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.4min11:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights4,984CLT–SAT
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
27.413.70.0
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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4
4
06:00
89.0%
18.6 min
535
540
07:00
88.1%
14.5 min
505
513
08:00
86.4%
15.1 min
777
787
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
152
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
11:00
83.6%
11.9 min
324
324
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
131
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
98
14:00
72.1%
21.8 min
347
347
15:00
73.0%
16.8 min
222
222
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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39
39
17:00
69.9%
18.4 min
395
405
18:00
69.6%
24.7 min
549
552
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
117
121
20:00
64.2%
27.4 min
455
464
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
64
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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25
27
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
26.213.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7443720
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.7%
22.2 min
729
740
Tuesday
80.6%
12.9 min
664
671
Wednesday
86.4%
8.8 min
692
697
Thursday
78.7%
17.9 min
728
734
Friday
78.0%
18.8 min
727
736
Saturday
79.6%
14.4 min
647
662
Sunday
74.6%
26.2 min
728
744
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
28.614.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4882440
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
80.6%
15.9 min
418
461
Feb
81.1%
13.4 min
413
418
Mar
78.8%
18.5 min
472
478
Apr
81.9%
16.4 min
470
470
May
76.9%
19.8 min
485
488
Jun
74.1%
28.6 min
456
462
Jul
68.6%
27.8 min
477
480
Aug
77.2%
17.8 min
228
230
Sep
84.2%
6.2 min
240
240
Oct
85.7%
12.3 min
398
398
Nov
84.9%
8.6 min
416
416
Dec
77.8%
16.9 min
442
443
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 time77.9%3,883
Delayed >15 min20.7%1,032
Cancelled1.4%69
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.