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 delay08:00–09:004.3min · 494 recorded · 491 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.9min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,455DEN–GRR
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
21.110.60.0
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
9264630
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
49
50
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
08:00
89.8%
4.3 min
491
494
09:00
87.5%
5.3 min
813
814
10:00
84.7%
4.4 min
321
321
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
42
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
89
15:00
78.1%
14.1 min
925
926
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
155
17:00
68.5%
21.1 min
679
683
18:00
61.1%
18.9 min
216
216
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
82
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
187
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
21
22:00
No observations
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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
14.47.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6823410
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.0%
12.3 min
664
667
Tuesday
81.0%
8.1 min
558
560
Wednesday
78.9%
12.5 min
587
588
Thursday
77.2%
14.4 min
610
612
Friday
78.7%
12.1 min
665
668
Saturday
79.6%
8.1 min
680
682
Sunday
77.4%
14.4 min
677
678
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
20.710.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4802400
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
78.4%
12.7 min
385
386
Feb
81.1%
9.1 min
334
336
Mar
82.8%
10.0 min
326
326
Apr
80.0%
8.2 min
370
370
May
74.5%
15.1 min
420
422
Jun
73.7%
15.3 min
463
464
Jul
71.9%
20.7 min
474
480
Aug
78.1%
15.5 min
242
242
Sep
86.0%
9.1 min
229
229
Oct
86.2%
5.2 min
376
376
Nov
82.0%
5.7 min
416
418
Dec
75.6%
10.9 min
406
406
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 time78.4%3,492
Delayed >15 min21.3%949
Cancelled0.3%14
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.