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 delay06:00–07:001.4min · 316 recorded · 316 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour30.7min06:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights3,650DEN–LGB
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
32.116.00.0
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
4132070
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%
1.4 min
316
316
07:00
91.2%
2.2 min
307
309
08:00
88.8%
4.7 min
412
413
09:00
91.4%
3.2 min
350
350
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
177
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
176
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
84
13:00
76.2%
13.0 min
383
385
14:00
66.4%
17.6 min
381
382
15:00
52.0%
32.1 min
221
222
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
112
18:00
48.8%
27.0 min
346
350
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
174
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
16.58.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5882940
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
72.5%
13.6 min
520
520
Tuesday
79.2%
12.0 min
471
474
Wednesday
78.5%
9.9 min
469
472
Thursday
74.3%
13.5 min
518
520
Friday
73.6%
16.5 min
527
536
Saturday
78.7%
9.7 min
587
588
Sunday
76.1%
11.3 min
539
540
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
21.110.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3781890
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
273
274
Feb
78.3%
9.5 min
272
272
Mar
78.2%
8.7 min
371
372
Apr
80.6%
10.0 min
351
352
May
77.3%
12.8 min
366
366
Jun
62.6%
19.9 min
361
364
Jul
67.7%
21.1 min
372
378
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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178
178
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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172
172
Oct
76.8%
7.7 min
271
272
Nov
79.8%
7.8 min
322
326
Dec
71.4%
16.1 min
322
324
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 time75.7%2,763
Delayed >15 min23.8%868
Cancelled0.5%19
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.