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 delay08:00–09:00-1.7min · 219 recorded · 217 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.4min08:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights6,002CMH–JFK
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
23.711.0-1.7
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
8924460
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
—
106
106
06:00
92.7%
0.5 min
219
223
07:00
92.5%
1.5 min
596
604
08:00
93.1%
-1.7 min
217
219
09:00
92.3%
0.9 min
822
835
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
170
11:00
91.7%
1.1 min
337
340
12:00
82.6%
9.0 min
683
706
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
59
62
14:00
82.4%
10.6 min
347
356
15:00
80.1%
11.6 min
857
892
16:00
87.9%
5.6 min
247
253
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
165
18:00
71.2%
18.8 min
399
439
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
77
77
20:00
75.0%
23.7 min
388
416
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
139
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
10.85.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8664330
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.2%
7.0 min
829
866
Tuesday
85.5%
6.5 min
830
862
Wednesday
85.2%
7.3 min
837
855
Thursday
81.9%
10.8 min
821
848
Friday
85.7%
7.0 min
841
858
Saturday
87.9%
7.0 min
829
850
Sunday
84.3%
7.9 min
820
863
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
16.58.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5902950
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.1%
4.5 min
504
533
Feb
86.9%
5.6 min
472
496
Mar
86.8%
11.4 min
547
556
Apr
86.9%
3.6 min
534
534
May
86.0%
7.4 min
527
533
Jun
78.8%
15.7 min
495
529
Jul
75.8%
16.5 min
496
556
Aug
86.6%
6.9 min
306
310
Sep
88.6%
2.1 min
297
300
Oct
89.3%
4.2 min
505
510
Nov
90.6%
1.9 min
576
590
Dec
79.2%
9.9 min
548
555
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 time82.3%4,942
Delayed >15 min14.4%865
Cancelled3.2%195
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.