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 delay11:00–12:009.5min · 656 recorded · 650 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.6min11:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights3,258COD–DEN
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
25.112.50.0
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
6573290
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
—
129
130
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
187
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
152
08:00
80.7%
18.4 min
300
305
09:00
No observations
—
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—
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
118
11:00
78.8%
9.5 min
650
656
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
71.0%
25.1 min
648
657
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
191
198
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
108
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
90
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
53
20:00
74.8%
22.2 min
424
432
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
170
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
26.013.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4882440
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.2%
18.0 min
451
458
Tuesday
79.9%
15.5 min
452
462
Wednesday
78.3%
16.1 min
460
462
Thursday
72.4%
26.0 min
453
462
Friday
77.1%
22.2 min
458
464
Saturday
76.9%
16.9 min
481
488
Sunday
75.1%
17.0 min
449
462
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
26.113.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4942470
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
72.1%
23.3 min
244
248
Feb
74.4%
22.9 min
211
224
Mar
81.1%
15.7 min
238
248
Apr
77.5%
19.0 min
240
240
May
70.4%
26.1 min
294
298
Jun
71.7%
23.9 min
388
394
Jul
75.0%
20.5 min
488
494
Aug
73.0%
17.3 min
241
246
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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176
176
Oct
87.8%
9.9 min
204
204
Nov
85.8%
13.7 min
233
238
Dec
81.8%
10.4 min
247
248
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 time75.4%2,457
Delayed >15 min22.9%747
Cancelled1.7%54
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.