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 delay06:00–07:000.5min · 601 recorded · 596 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.7min06:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights3,536CMH–IAD
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
19.29.60.0
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
6013010
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
No observations
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06:00
91.6%
0.5 min
596
601
07:00
No observations
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08:00
93.9%
0.7 min
328
331
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
10:00
91.1%
5.3 min
326
330
11:00
No observations
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12:00
88.6%
3.1 min
394
394
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
14:00
80.7%
10.2 min
202
203
15:00
84.5%
11.7 min
213
216
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
36
17:00
79.1%
16.9 min
378
382
18:00
No observations
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19:00
78.7%
19.2 min
281
288
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
91
93
21:00
No observations
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22:00
82.3%
14.9 min
589
601
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
15.17.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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5412710
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.9%
8.0 min
524
536
Tuesday
87.6%
4.5 min
492
498
Wednesday
86.8%
6.8 min
536
541
Thursday
87.2%
10.8 min
532
535
Friday
83.3%
15.1 min
527
530
Saturday
88.4%
4.7 min
389
391
Sunday
84.2%
9.0 min
495
505
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
21.510.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4522260
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.7%
4.6 min
249
261
Feb
85.9%
7.0 min
290
293
Mar
83.2%
14.9 min
356
358
Apr
90.9%
1.0 min
452
452
May
85.5%
8.9 min
392
395
Jun
79.0%
21.5 min
314
316
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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163
177
Aug
88.9%
1.8 min
217
218
Sep
91.2%
4.0 min
272
272
Oct
91.6%
1.7 min
284
286
Nov
91.5%
4.0 min
236
238
Dec
81.5%
8.5 min
270
270
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 time85.0%3,005
Delayed >15 min13.9%490
Cancelled1.2%41
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.