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 delay06:00–07:005.9min · 571 recorded · 567 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.0min06:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights2,626DEN–GTF
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
25.913.00.0
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
6583290
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
No observations
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06:00
93.0%
5.9 min
567
571
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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86
87
08:00
No observations
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09:00
No observations
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10:00
No observations
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11:00
86.0%
6.6 min
656
658
12:00
No observations
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13:00
No observations
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14:00
78.3%
14.4 min
651
655
15:00
No observations
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16:00
No observations
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17:00
No observations
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18:00
No observations
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19:00
70.0%
25.9 min
593
599
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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56
56
21:00
No observations
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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
20.010.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3761880
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.4%
7.6 min
376
376
Tuesday
80.0%
12.7 min
374
376
Wednesday
81.5%
11.8 min
372
376
Thursday
81.9%
20.0 min
370
372
Friday
81.5%
12.5 min
373
376
Saturday
82.7%
12.1 min
369
374
Sunday
83.7%
10.8 min
375
376
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
34.217.10.0
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
88.6%
3.1 min
246
248
Feb
83.8%
11.6 min
222
224
Mar
85.4%
6.9 min
246
248
Apr
85.3%
6.7 min
238
240
May
78.0%
16.7 min
245
248
Jun
65.0%
31.8 min
240
240
Jul
69.5%
34.2 min
246
246
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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122
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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120
120
Oct
87.7%
4.1 min
203
204
Nov
91.4%
0.1 min
233
236
Dec
91.9%
7.2 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 time81.8%2,149
Delayed >15 min17.5%460
Cancelled0.6%17
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.