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 delay05:00–06:003.7min · 639 recorded · 636 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.1min05:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights8,835CPR–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
24.812.40.0
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
1,3126560
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
93.7%
3.7 min
636
639
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
87.7%
6.1 min
723
727
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
136
09:00
84.2%
10.3 min
1,001
1,010
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
81.8%
11.6 min
1,294
1,312
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
82.1%
10.8 min
1,298
1,312
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
72.9%
21.0 min
1,167
1,183
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
127
17:00
72.0%
23.9 min
607
615
18:00
80.3%
8.9 min
456
464
19:00
72.3%
24.6 min
645
653
20:00
83.4%
18.4 min
349
350
21:00
71.6%
24.8 min
299
303
22:00
No observations
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—
—
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
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
18.49.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,2736370
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.4%
13.4 min
1,267
1,273
Tuesday
82.1%
11.6 min
1,254
1,272
Wednesday
81.6%
13.3 min
1,263
1,266
Thursday
79.1%
17.4 min
1,243
1,255
Friday
78.3%
18.4 min
1,228
1,272
Saturday
81.9%
11.7 min
1,221
1,232
Sunday
79.6%
13.8 min
1,264
1,265
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
27.713.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9004500
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
79.5%
17.4 min
795
806
Feb
80.6%
13.7 min
717
724
Mar
82.8%
10.1 min
786
802
Apr
81.8%
13.0 min
763
778
May
76.8%
14.6 min
839
845
Jun
70.6%
24.5 min
887
890
Jul
74.3%
22.5 min
890
900
Aug
72.0%
27.7 min
425
428
Sep
84.7%
6.9 min
418
418
Oct
89.8%
4.4 min
668
672
Nov
89.2%
4.0 min
749
767
Dec
85.2%
9.9 min
803
805
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 time79.5%7,028
Delayed >15 min19.4%1,712
Cancelled1.1%95
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.