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 delay11:00–12:002.7min · 329 recorded · 327 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.1min11:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights6,531DEN–FSD
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
27.813.90.0
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
1,2006000
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
—
79
82
06:00
92.6%
8.2 min
566
570
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
101
08:00
91.4%
3.9 min
222
223
09:00
84.3%
9.0 min
884
890
10:00
82.0%
6.8 min
439
442
11:00
89.0%
2.7 min
327
329
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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34
34
13:00
87.7%
6.4 min
1,191
1,200
14:00
80.9%
16.6 min
235
236
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
151
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
133
134
17:00
75.1%
23.7 min
1,081
1,094
18:00
64.9%
27.8 min
268
275
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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45
45
20:00
74.9%
17.9 min
342
349
21:00
80.2%
15.8 min
369
374
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
2
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
16.98.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0465230
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.6%
10.9 min
1,040
1,046
Tuesday
84.3%
13.8 min
841
848
Wednesday
83.3%
9.5 min
923
933
Thursday
80.5%
16.4 min
921
928
Friday
81.9%
11.2 min
1,032
1,046
Saturday
83.7%
10.6 min
783
791
Sunday
81.8%
16.9 min
926
939
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
26.613.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7643820
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.9%
10.8 min
529
530
Feb
87.6%
5.6 min
477
478
Mar
81.4%
11.7 min
528
540
Apr
81.4%
16.9 min
560
564
May
82.7%
9.0 min
658
665
Jun
77.1%
16.5 min
703
705
Jul
76.9%
19.0 min
754
764
Aug
73.0%
26.6 min
366
370
Sep
87.1%
5.5 min
317
318
Oct
91.2%
0.7 min
522
522
Nov
86.9%
6.1 min
527
538
Dec
79.6%
21.5 min
525
537
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 time81.4%5,314
Delayed >15 min17.6%1,152
Cancelled1.0%65
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.