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 delay11:00–12:005.8min · 650 recorded · 649 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.0min11:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,246DEN–MSO
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
21.810.90.0
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
7883940
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
93.2%
6.4 min
650
651
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
153
08:00
No observations
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09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
153
11:00
88.0%
5.8 min
649
650
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
13:00
82.3%
12.9 min
498
502
14:00
77.2%
15.5 min
786
788
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
17:00
75.0%
21.8 min
597
605
18:00
No observations
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19:00
75.4%
16.2 min
651
651
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
13.76.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6483240
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.9%
13.7 min
648
648
Tuesday
85.8%
10.4 min
583
589
Wednesday
82.4%
9.7 min
592
598
Thursday
83.9%
13.2 min
596
596
Friday
80.5%
13.6 min
640
642
Saturday
82.7%
12.6 min
573
575
Sunday
82.3%
12.9 min
598
598
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
19.79.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5082540
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
80.7%
16.6 min
353
356
Feb
87.0%
9.1 min
322
322
Mar
81.8%
12.1 min
362
362
Apr
86.9%
8.5 min
360
360
May
79.8%
14.0 min
372
374
Jun
75.4%
14.6 min
399
400
Jul
79.1%
19.7 min
507
508
Aug
76.9%
15.8 min
260
260
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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194
194
Oct
90.1%
3.9 min
374
374
Nov
87.9%
5.0 min
356
362
Dec
80.9%
15.4 min
371
374
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%3,493
Delayed >15 min17.4%737
Cancelled0.4%16
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.