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 delay07:00–08:002.8min · 751 recorded · 748 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.3min07:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights8,018DEN–GJT
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
25.112.50.0
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
1,3156580
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
87.9%
12.3 min
612
615
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
91.0%
2.8 min
748
751
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
92
94
09:00
86.1%
4.6 min
647
653
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
11:00
84.9%
7.6 min
1,306
1,315
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
83.0%
10.6 min
1,299
1,311
14:00
No observations
—
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15:00
72.5%
25.1 min
1,167
1,194
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
116
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
88
18:00
75.3%
17.6 min
550
565
19:00
68.7%
24.7 min
655
655
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
128
21:00
78.1%
18.0 min
506
510
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
16.88.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1565780
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.5%
13.7 min
1,147
1,154
Tuesday
81.5%
13.1 min
1,132
1,143
Wednesday
82.5%
11.1 min
1,131
1,142
Thursday
79.5%
15.6 min
1,134
1,143
Friday
80.6%
16.8 min
1,127
1,152
Saturday
82.0%
14.4 min
1,114
1,128
Sunday
79.2%
14.0 min
1,146
1,156
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
28.814.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8004000
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
79.2%
16.7 min
725
729
Feb
78.8%
13.3 min
656
664
Mar
81.8%
10.2 min
737
744
Apr
78.8%
17.4 min
720
722
May
77.6%
14.4 min
796
800
Jun
73.0%
23.8 min
766
772
Jul
77.5%
20.0 min
779
786
Aug
66.7%
28.8 min
369
372
Sep
84.4%
9.8 min
360
360
Oct
90.7%
3.8 min
611
612
Nov
86.4%
7.0 min
669
710
Dec
87.5%
6.0 min
743
747
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 time79.5%6,374
Delayed >15 min19.4%1,557
Cancelled1.1%87
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.