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 delay06:00–07:000.7min · 254 recorded · 251 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.0min06:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights2,546DAL–SLC
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
20.610.30.0
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
2841420
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
96.2%
1.1 min
237
238
06:00
95.2%
0.7 min
251
254
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
53
53
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
170
09:00
91.2%
3.8 min
249
250
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
112
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
175
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
38
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
58
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
98
16:00
66.1%
20.6 min
283
284
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
191
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
143
144
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
117
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
174
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
84
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
36
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
16.08.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4002000
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.1%
15.5 min
372
372
Tuesday
79.8%
11.1 min
347
350
Wednesday
77.4%
10.7 min
341
342
Thursday
74.9%
13.6 min
359
364
Friday
75.5%
14.3 min
372
374
Saturday
74.6%
14.4 min
338
344
Sunday
72.2%
16.0 min
395
400
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
19.910.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2841420
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.0%
8.5 min
255
266
Feb
78.8%
8.1 min
283
284
Mar
77.9%
12.5 min
272
272
Apr
76.1%
12.2 min
238
238
May
65.7%
19.2 min
233
236
Jun
65.6%
18.7 min
238
240
Jul
66.1%
18.6 min
242
244
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
76
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
Nov
79.4%
11.2 min
214
216
Dec
75.7%
19.9 min
222
222
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 time74.6%1,900
Delayed >15 min24.5%624
Cancelled0.9%22
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.