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 delay06:00–07:009.5min · 658 recorded · 653 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.6min06:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights2,936DEN–HLN
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
23.111.50.0
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
8104050
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
90.7%
9.5 min
653
658
07:00
No observations
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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
80.0%
11.9 min
590
593
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
65
13:00
No observations
—
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14:00
76.1%
22.8 min
804
810
15:00
No observations
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16:00
No observations
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17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
155
18:00
No observations
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19:00
73.1%
23.1 min
633
647
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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8
8
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
23.711.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4202100
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.6%
15.7 min
420
420
Tuesday
82.0%
11.6 min
412
420
Wednesday
78.6%
19.1 min
415
420
Thursday
75.3%
21.5 min
413
418
Friday
77.0%
23.7 min
413
420
Saturday
81.3%
16.0 min
412
418
Sunday
77.6%
18.5 min
420
420
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
35.717.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3041520
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
80.8%
16.2 min
245
248
Feb
73.9%
20.0 min
222
224
Mar
85.0%
11.7 min
246
248
Apr
85.4%
10.6 min
239
240
May
84.2%
12.9 min
265
268
Jun
66.6%
35.7 min
296
300
Jul
69.5%
26.9 min
298
304
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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182
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
84.7%
11.9 min
254
254
Nov
84.8%
13.3 min
230
236
Dec
82.3%
12.8 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 time77.7%2,280
Delayed >15 min21.3%625
Cancelled1.1%31
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.
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