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 delay08:00–09:002.3min · 586 recorded · 568 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.7min08:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights4,859CMH–PHL
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
24.912.50.0
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
6473240
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
58
06:00
92.2%
7.8 min
435
445
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
08:00
90.5%
2.3 min
568
586
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
84
10:00
89.0%
3.8 min
328
336
11:00
86.4%
12.3 min
286
292
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
69
13:00
80.1%
10.7 min
578
590
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
101
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
203
16:00
73.0%
19.8 min
622
647
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
116
18:00
70.6%
24.9 min
419
439
19:00
78.0%
18.7 min
377
393
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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35
37
21:00
78.9%
18.6 min
284
299
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
21.510.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7333670
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.0%
13.7 min
703
733
Tuesday
85.1%
7.9 min
651
678
Wednesday
83.7%
11.0 min
674
694
Thursday
79.0%
11.7 min
685
715
Friday
83.5%
12.2 min
713
724
Saturday
81.1%
21.5 min
594
606
Sunday
81.1%
13.5 min
687
709
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
26.413.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6153080
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.7%
7.9 min
337
351
Feb
84.5%
4.7 min
239
257
Mar
80.8%
10.7 min
286
292
Apr
88.4%
5.6 min
439
443
May
80.5%
19.6 min
416
424
Jun
79.5%
14.7 min
560
590
Jul
69.6%
26.4 min
573
615
Aug
79.6%
14.3 min
328
338
Sep
83.1%
7.4 min
249
251
Oct
85.6%
7.2 min
547
551
Nov
85.5%
15.7 min
414
416
Dec
81.2%
9.8 min
319
331
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 time79.0%3,841
Delayed >15 min17.8%866
Cancelled3.1%152
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.
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