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 delay07:00–08:003.5min · 326 recorded · 325 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.3min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,642CMH–LAS
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
25.812.90.0
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
3931970
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
163
06:00
94.9%
4.7 min
391
393
07:00
88.9%
3.5 min
325
326
08:00
90.8%
3.7 min
294
295
09:00
90.1%
4.3 min
233
233
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
109
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
92
92
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
141
141
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
195
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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172
173
15:00
63.5%
22.9 min
244
245
16:00
69.4%
14.3 min
245
245
17:00
64.3%
23.8 min
328
330
18:00
53.0%
25.8 min
385
386
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
155
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
115
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
25
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
17.08.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6013010
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
72.6%
15.6 min
562
564
Tuesday
80.4%
9.2 min
463
465
Wednesday
82.6%
10.7 min
489
489
Thursday
72.2%
17.0 min
547
547
Friday
72.8%
13.8 min
580
581
Saturday
81.5%
10.0 min
394
395
Sunday
72.5%
14.6 min
596
601
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
17.08.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3821910
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.1%
11.8 min
291
297
Feb
79.1%
11.8 min
297
298
Mar
73.3%
16.0 min
360
361
Apr
75.0%
13.1 min
372
372
May
70.1%
17.0 min
381
382
Jun
69.3%
15.7 min
309
309
Jul
70.2%
16.5 min
285
286
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
133
134
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
168
Oct
78.2%
10.0 min
380
380
Nov
82.8%
7.6 min
349
349
Dec
78.1%
12.1 min
306
306
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 time75.6%2,754
Delayed >15 min24.1%877
Cancelled0.3%11
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.