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 delay05:00–06:004.0min · 433 recorded · 429 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.3min05:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights2,391DAL–SMF
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
28.314.10.0
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
4332170
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
93.7%
4.0 min
429
433
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
125
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
95
95
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
163
09:00
88.0%
6.0 min
274
275
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
46
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
88
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
130
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
166
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
141
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
71
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
85
20:00
45.3%
28.3 min
263
264
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
95
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
49
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
17.98.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3631820
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
68.6%
17.9 min
360
363
Tuesday
70.9%
15.4 min
316
320
Wednesday
74.9%
13.9 min
315
316
Thursday
71.5%
15.8 min
354
358
Friday
70.9%
16.1 min
361
362
Saturday
72.4%
13.4 min
311
316
Sunday
69.7%
16.8 min
353
356
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
26.013.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2481240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
166
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
182
Mar
70.6%
13.4 min
214
216
Apr
76.2%
10.3 min
231
233
May
66.9%
17.9 min
242
248
Jun
58.8%
26.0 min
240
240
Jul
64.2%
22.5 min
243
246
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
106
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
172
Nov
77.7%
13.6 min
229
232
Dec
67.7%
18.5 min
248
248
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 time70.6%1,687
Delayed >15 min28.6%683
Cancelled0.9%21
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.