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 delay08:00–09:003.8min · 853 recorded · 841 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.4min08:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights5,561DEN–JFK
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
22.211.10.0
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
8534270
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
87
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
90.8%
4.0 min
454
462
07:00
89.9%
7.4 min
317
323
08:00
90.5%
3.8 min
841
853
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
133
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
117
11:00
72.8%
21.0 min
283
293
12:00
80.6%
14.0 min
655
667
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
118
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
102
15:00
74.1%
18.8 min
216
219
16:00
76.9%
14.8 min
290
294
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
42
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
37
38
19:00
68.1%
21.8 min
489
503
20:00
67.9%
22.2 min
458
473
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
26
26
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
82
23:00
70.8%
22.1 min
709
729
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
21.310.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8404200
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.8%
16.8 min
811
840
Tuesday
83.1%
11.5 min
741
755
Wednesday
82.4%
10.3 min
754
766
Thursday
76.9%
17.2 min
801
814
Friday
77.9%
13.8 min
819
832
Saturday
76.5%
21.3 min
711
732
Sunday
74.0%
18.5 min
791
822
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
29.814.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6023010
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.0%
9.4 min
427
439
Feb
74.1%
15.8 min
367
390
Mar
79.5%
13.7 min
512
516
Apr
84.0%
4.0 min
418
418
May
80.5%
8.4 min
492
496
Jun
73.5%
22.3 min
551
560
Jul
67.0%
29.8 min
533
588
Aug
75.3%
17.8 min
304
308
Sep
89.5%
5.8 min
237
238
Oct
83.3%
12.9 min
478
482
Nov
83.6%
11.5 min
523
524
Dec
75.3%
25.8 min
586
602
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 time76.4%4,251
Delayed >15 min21.2%1,177
Cancelled2.4%133
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.