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 delay08:00–09:00-1.2min · 326 recorded · 322 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour29.9min08:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights7,878DEN–DRO
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
28.813.8-1.2
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
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
86.9%
18.0 min
504
506
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
07:00
89.6%
5.5 min
637
642
08:00
92.9%
-1.2 min
322
326
09:00
86.8%
5.5 min
469
472
10:00
90.8%
3.2 min
239
240
11:00
84.3%
9.7 min
1,216
1,225
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
78.5%
12.7 min
1,304
1,312
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
15:00
72.9%
24.4 min
1,230
1,254
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
55
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
179
18:00
74.8%
16.1 min
444
458
19:00
68.6%
21.3 min
653
655
20:00
74.0%
28.8 min
358
364
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
154
22:00
No observations
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23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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4
4
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
16.38.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1395700
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.5%
13.3 min
1,131
1,136
Tuesday
80.4%
15.2 min
1,100
1,113
Wednesday
78.4%
14.5 min
1,102
1,109
Thursday
80.4%
15.4 min
1,115
1,120
Friday
78.4%
16.3 min
1,097
1,132
Saturday
82.1%
12.2 min
1,120
1,129
Sunday
80.3%
16.0 min
1,130
1,139
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
24.912.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7823910
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
77.3%
17.2 min
728
728
Feb
77.0%
16.9 min
656
662
Mar
81.8%
12.2 min
729
744
Apr
83.1%
11.9 min
729
733
May
78.9%
13.4 min
781
782
Jun
74.7%
24.9 min
707
711
Jul
71.0%
23.2 min
711
723
Aug
74.6%
19.9 min
370
372
Sep
85.8%
5.6 min
360
360
Oct
88.3%
10.0 min
609
610
Nov
85.2%
11.0 min
675
710
Dec
86.0%
8.2 min
740
743
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 time79.4%6,253
Delayed >15 min19.6%1,542
Cancelled1.1%83
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.