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 delay09:00–10:003.4min · 427 recorded · 427 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.6min09:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,584DEN–JAX
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
19.910.00.0
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
7533770
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
—
95
95
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
64
65
08:00
92.7%
3.5 min
685
687
09:00
89.5%
3.4 min
427
427
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
166
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
119
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
13:00
73.2%
12.8 min
261
262
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
138
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
194
16:00
78.0%
13.4 min
751
753
17:00
67.8%
19.9 min
500
501
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
81
81
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
20:00
No observations
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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
14.77.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5562780
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.8%
8.1 min
515
516
Tuesday
83.8%
8.1 min
476
478
Wednesday
83.0%
8.2 min
483
484
Thursday
79.7%
10.3 min
513
514
Friday
79.1%
14.7 min
517
518
Saturday
81.1%
10.1 min
554
556
Sunday
75.5%
14.7 min
518
518
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
18.79.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3841920
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.3%
7.0 min
311
313
Feb
84.9%
9.1 min
298
299
Mar
79.6%
10.3 min
382
384
Apr
81.0%
9.3 min
364
364
May
77.5%
14.8 min
346
348
Jun
69.3%
18.7 min
296
296
Jul
73.4%
18.5 min
297
298
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
132
Oct
86.9%
7.1 min
290
290
Nov
86.1%
4.9 min
360
360
Dec
80.1%
10.7 min
376
376
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 time80.3%2,879
Delayed >15 min19.4%697
Cancelled0.2%8
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.