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 delay06:00–07:006.7min · 623 recorded · 618 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour9.3min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,832CVG–MIA
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
16.08.00.0
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
8034020
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
78
06:00
90.1%
6.7 min
618
623
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
134
08:00
87.5%
8.5 min
376
381
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
58
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
78
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
58
14:00
84.0%
7.3 min
293
297
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
59
60
16:00
83.9%
7.6 min
261
264
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
153
18:00
75.9%
16.0 min
377
381
19:00
78.4%
11.8 min
797
803
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
107
21:00
79.9%
7.6 min
214
219
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
79
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
21.610.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6023010
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.6%
11.4 min
574
587
Tuesday
87.6%
4.2 min
476
480
Wednesday
86.6%
8.5 min
470
472
Thursday
81.6%
9.1 min
566
568
Friday
86.2%
5.4 min
581
582
Saturday
80.9%
9.3 min
539
541
Sunday
77.6%
21.6 min
585
602
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
19.19.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5232620
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.5%
8.5 min
428
444
Feb
83.2%
8.5 min
380
381
Mar
84.0%
11.3 min
506
523
Apr
86.6%
5.7 min
314
318
May
86.0%
5.9 min
292
295
Jun
77.6%
19.1 min
268
268
Jul
75.2%
15.4 min
278
278
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
146
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
88.4%
3.4 min
258
258
Nov
89.7%
6.9 min
369
369
Dec
78.2%
14.6 min
432
432
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 time81.8%3,134
Delayed >15 min17.1%657
Cancelled1.1%41
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.