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 delay10:00–11:001.2min · 224 recorded · 223 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.0min10:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights4,446CMH–MDW
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
27.213.60.0
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
3891950
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
94.3%
2.5 min
384
389
07:00
91.2%
1.4 min
274
276
08:00
92.4%
1.9 min
237
238
09:00
87.4%
4.4 min
286
291
10:00
94.2%
1.2 min
223
224
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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197
199
12:00
80.1%
10.3 min
266
269
13:00
87.7%
5.4 min
269
272
14:00
75.9%
11.2 min
253
256
15:00
72.5%
12.8 min
240
245
16:00
65.0%
18.2 min
283
286
17:00
69.6%
15.4 min
220
221
18:00
69.9%
14.0 min
372
378
19:00
78.3%
9.8 min
299
306
20:00
60.3%
27.2 min
358
358
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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151
154
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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82
84
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
14.27.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6963480
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.7%
12.5 min
657
668
Tuesday
84.8%
6.2 min
631
635
Wednesday
84.5%
7.1 min
619
627
Thursday
76.7%
12.2 min
657
662
Friday
76.4%
13.8 min
673
676
Saturday
79.6%
10.4 min
471
482
Sunday
72.3%
14.2 min
686
696
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
20.410.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5002500
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.2%
4.7 min
352
366
Feb
85.2%
4.4 min
325
330
Mar
73.4%
15.6 min
346
356
Apr
83.7%
8.9 min
355
356
May
79.0%
10.8 min
366
366
Jun
69.9%
18.1 min
472
476
Jul
67.7%
20.4 min
492
500
Aug
83.3%
10.3 min
240
240
Sep
88.7%
3.2 min
231
231
Oct
77.4%
8.3 min
385
386
Nov
84.1%
5.9 min
408
417
Dec
75.4%
12.8 min
422
422
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 time77.5%3,444
Delayed >15 min21.4%950
Cancelled1.2%52
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.