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 delay12:00–13:001.7min · 498 recorded · 497 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.9min12:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights2,629DEN–PSC
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
24.612.30.0
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
6583290
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
91.9%
6.0 min
652
657
06:00
No observations
—
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—
07:00
No observations
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—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
09:00
No observations
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—
—
10:00
No observations
—
—
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11:00
85.1%
8.9 min
657
658
12:00
90.5%
1.7 min
497
498
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
157
14:00
No observations
—
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15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
17:00
No observations
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18:00
No observations
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19:00
69.0%
24.6 min
652
654
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
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
13.46.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3781890
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.2%
11.2 min
374
376
Tuesday
85.4%
8.4 min
376
376
Wednesday
81.9%
11.3 min
375
378
Thursday
81.9%
11.7 min
371
372
Friday
83.9%
9.9 min
373
376
Saturday
83.2%
13.4 min
374
375
Sunday
82.7%
12.1 min
376
376
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
17.38.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2491250
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.7%
12.8 min
248
248
Feb
85.8%
9.8 min
225
225
Mar
85.8%
5.4 min
247
249
Apr
81.3%
10.0 min
240
240
May
77.4%
16.3 min
248
248
Jun
80.0%
17.3 min
240
240
Jul
80.7%
15.4 min
243
246
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
88.7%
5.4 min
204
204
Nov
85.0%
9.5 min
233
236
Dec
82.3%
9.7 min
248
249
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 time82.8%2,178
Delayed >15 min16.8%441
Cancelled0.4%10
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.