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 delay11:00–12:005.5min · 291 recorded · 286 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour9.8min11:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights1,855DEN–JMS
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
15.37.60.0
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
4842420
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
No observations
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07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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195
197
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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93
94
09:00
No observations
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10:00
No observations
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11:00
90.2%
5.5 min
286
291
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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29
30
13:00
80.8%
9.9 min
474
484
14:00
81.2%
8.6 min
357
361
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
77.6%
15.3 min
389
398
19:00
No observations
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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
11.85.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3041520
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.3%
11.8 min
299
302
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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158
158
Wednesday
89.7%
0.8 min
291
298
Thursday
87.3%
8.3 min
292
297
Friday
79.9%
10.2 min
298
304
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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188
194
Sunday
87.2%
1.4 min
297
302
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
8.54.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2141070
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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158
164
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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144
148
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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162
164
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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157
159
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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162
164
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
165
166
Jul
83.6%
8.5 min
213
214
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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105
106
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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102
102
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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145
145
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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149
156
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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161
167
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 time82.3%1,527
Delayed >15 min16.0%296
Cancelled1.7%32
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.