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 delay05:00–06:002.5min · 412 recorded · 407 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.1min05:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights6,935CLT–STL
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
24.612.30.0
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
9624810
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
94.1%
2.5 min
407
412
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
112
07:00
89.0%
7.9 min
951
962
08:00
85.9%
6.8 min
318
327
09:00
88.1%
11.9 min
528
530
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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139
144
11:00
77.1%
14.5 min
371
374
12:00
77.5%
11.9 min
471
474
13:00
75.4%
20.7 min
309
313
14:00
74.8%
15.1 min
460
467
15:00
71.4%
21.9 min
269
272
16:00
64.3%
24.6 min
652
658
17:00
75.8%
13.0 min
347
355
18:00
69.1%
20.0 min
944
953
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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58
58
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
87
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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22
22
22:00
70.3%
23.5 min
404
415
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
18.19.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0595300
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.3%
18.1 min
1,020
1,039
Tuesday
82.0%
10.0 min
949
957
Wednesday
81.3%
15.2 min
952
956
Thursday
76.9%
14.6 min
1,024
1,035
Friday
76.2%
16.5 min
1,013
1,023
Saturday
78.4%
14.2 min
853
866
Sunday
75.3%
15.8 min
1,031
1,059
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
23.811.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6983490
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.4%
19.2 min
595
648
Feb
83.9%
7.3 min
564
575
Mar
75.7%
17.4 min
616
621
Apr
81.2%
7.4 min
597
600
May
79.9%
14.9 min
637
639
Jun
70.5%
22.3 min
670
676
Jul
68.0%
19.6 min
693
698
Aug
72.1%
23.8 min
323
325
Sep
85.0%
11.2 min
307
309
Oct
80.2%
7.5 min
539
541
Nov
83.3%
7.8 min
616
618
Dec
74.9%
20.3 min
685
685
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 time76.8%5,324
Delayed >15 min21.9%1,518
Cancelled1.3%93
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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