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 delay06:00–07:007.6min · 445 recorded · 440 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.6min06:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights5,202COU–ORD
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
28.214.10.0
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
7043520
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
—
195
203
06:00
92.5%
7.6 min
440
445
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
24
08:00
85.9%
11.8 min
523
534
09:00
83.3%
11.6 min
335
339
10:00
76.9%
18.2 min
229
232
11:00
76.9%
17.4 min
394
402
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
154
13:00
79.1%
10.7 min
326
331
14:00
77.8%
13.0 min
261
270
15:00
71.7%
28.2 min
353
370
16:00
80.2%
8.8 min
353
367
17:00
68.1%
18.0 min
226
238
18:00
67.6%
23.8 min
284
306
19:00
65.4%
27.0 min
673
704
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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195
206
21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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68
77
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
26.413.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7783890
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.4%
16.4 min
744
778
Tuesday
77.2%
15.9 min
696
713
Wednesday
79.9%
11.8 min
698
723
Thursday
78.1%
19.2 min
743
760
Friday
75.9%
18.1 min
746
770
Saturday
76.9%
14.6 min
658
686
Sunday
73.2%
26.4 min
739
772
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
38.119.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5542770
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
72.3%
25.9 min
462
482
Feb
78.7%
14.3 min
428
440
Mar
74.3%
18.2 min
448
482
Apr
76.4%
20.2 min
522
546
May
87.5%
8.6 min
544
554
Jun
77.2%
19.2 min
500
514
Jul
77.7%
12.8 min
461
474
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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148
154
Sep
82.2%
8.0 min
213
215
Oct
81.5%
9.7 min
438
438
Nov
76.9%
15.1 min
376
401
Dec
63.6%
38.1 min
484
502
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 time74.3%3,864
Delayed >15 min22.3%1,160
Cancelled3.4%178
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.