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 delay06:00–07:001.8min · 283 recorded · 283 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.6min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights5,362CVG–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
26.413.20.0
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
1,0935470
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
—
6
7
06:00
90.5%
1.8 min
283
283
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
138
08:00
88.9%
4.4 min
468
469
09:00
91.2%
4.7 min
1,086
1,093
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
115
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
151
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
200
13:00
73.6%
10.5 min
216
219
14:00
68.8%
15.8 min
202
204
15:00
77.2%
14.4 min
902
910
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
117
17:00
78.6%
15.0 min
677
680
18:00
60.4%
22.7 min
336
344
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
96
96
20:00
58.9%
26.4 min
287
292
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
44
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
14.87.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8414210
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.4%
13.9 min
793
808
Tuesday
80.8%
9.3 min
683
684
Wednesday
80.4%
9.7 min
679
681
Thursday
79.1%
12.3 min
821
826
Friday
78.1%
14.3 min
804
814
Saturday
81.3%
9.5 min
705
708
Sunday
76.9%
14.8 min
832
841
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
21.310.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5612810
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.0%
7.4 min
423
440
Feb
87.1%
5.7 min
394
394
Mar
78.1%
10.1 min
488
488
Apr
81.5%
10.8 min
459
465
May
77.3%
14.9 min
488
489
Jun
70.2%
21.3 min
527
529
Jul
72.6%
19.7 min
552
561
Aug
74.4%
19.3 min
266
270
Sep
80.4%
9.1 min
265
265
Oct
89.1%
3.1 min
487
487
Nov
83.9%
8.1 min
492
498
Dec
74.6%
14.5 min
476
476
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 time78.5%4,210
Delayed >15 min20.6%1,107
Cancelled0.8%45
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.