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 delay06:00–07:00-0.1min · 584 recorded · 582 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.2min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,067CMH–MIA
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
20.110.0-0.1
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
5842920
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
—
91
91
06:00
95.0%
-0.1 min
582
584
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
181
181
08:00
91.2%
6.9 min
375
378
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
116
12:00
74.6%
12.0 min
205
206
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
86
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
144
144
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
172
16:00
77.1%
11.5 min
332
335
17:00
66.9%
20.1 min
284
284
18:00
79.0%
9.1 min
252
253
19:00
81.0%
14.8 min
432
434
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
21:00
81.7%
8.8 min
497
498
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
48
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
15.17.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6363180
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.5%
8.3 min
591
600
Tuesday
87.5%
5.7 min
505
505
Wednesday
87.3%
6.4 min
510
510
Thursday
83.7%
7.5 min
589
589
Friday
83.4%
8.9 min
601
601
Saturday
78.9%
9.9 min
635
636
Sunday
76.7%
15.1 min
619
626
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
11.65.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5222610
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.1%
9.7 min
415
422
Feb
84.0%
8.7 min
412
412
Mar
82.5%
11.6 min
514
522
Apr
84.4%
9.7 min
390
390
May
83.9%
6.5 min
341
341
Jun
81.1%
9.8 min
381
383
Jul
78.2%
11.3 min
394
394
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
132
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
89.7%
2.5 min
204
204
Nov
86.8%
6.1 min
349
349
Dec
78.9%
10.3 min
398
398
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 time82.7%3,362
Delayed >15 min16.9%688
Cancelled0.4%17
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.