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 delay08:00–09:00-1.3min · 904 recorded · 886 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.6min08:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights6,759CMH–EWR
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
20.39.5-1.3
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
9044520
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
—
1
1
06:00
91.8%
0.4 min
599
615
07:00
90.4%
-0.8 min
249
254
08:00
93.2%
-1.3 min
886
904
09:00
90.6%
3.0 min
448
460
10:00
89.1%
4.8 min
403
409
11:00
89.3%
1.4 min
544
557
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
104
13:00
86.4%
3.2 min
523
537
14:00
83.7%
7.9 min
362
380
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
129
16:00
74.7%
18.9 min
585
629
17:00
83.6%
14.0 min
440
460
18:00
80.2%
17.5 min
620
669
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
180
20:00
76.0%
20.3 min
291
325
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
130
143
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
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
10.65.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0175090
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.0%
7.7 min
969
1,017
Tuesday
86.2%
5.9 min
949
990
Wednesday
88.5%
4.9 min
960
979
Thursday
84.4%
9.0 min
944
989
Friday
86.5%
7.0 min
990
1,012
Saturday
84.4%
10.1 min
737
768
Sunday
83.7%
10.6 min
931
1,004
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
20.610.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7423710
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
90.9%
0.9 min
516
549
Feb
90.6%
1.4 min
488
519
Mar
87.7%
4.8 min
602
609
Apr
93.3%
1.5 min
462
472
May
87.7%
9.0 min
521
558
Jun
82.6%
16.9 min
586
602
Jul
77.3%
20.6 min
608
674
Aug
82.6%
9.2 min
298
303
Sep
86.1%
6.0 min
387
400
Oct
87.6%
2.2 min
629
639
Nov
84.6%
7.4 min
714
742
Dec
79.4%
10.4 min
669
692
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 time82.1%5,546
Delayed >15 min13.8%934
Cancelled4.1%279
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.