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 delay12:00–13:004.1min · 620 recorded · 616 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.0min12:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights2,626DEN–RIW
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
22.111.00.0
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
6563280
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
89.6%
19.0 min
651
656
06:00
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
No observations
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09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
10:00
No observations
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11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
12:00
86.5%
4.1 min
616
620
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
37
37
14:00
82.5%
17.4 min
618
621
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
No observations
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20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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101
103
21:00
80.3%
22.1 min
548
552
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
20.410.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3761880
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
88.3%
13.8 min
375
376
Tuesday
83.7%
15.7 min
375
376
Wednesday
85.2%
16.0 min
372
374
Thursday
83.8%
13.6 min
371
372
Friday
82.4%
17.0 min
370
376
Saturday
84.8%
20.4 min
375
376
Sunday
82.7%
13.8 min
370
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
32.016.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2481240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.8%
32.0 min
243
248
Feb
87.3%
15.5 min
221
222
Mar
86.6%
8.6 min
246
248
Apr
82.1%
21.1 min
240
240
May
83.8%
17.9 min
247
248
Jun
78.8%
19.1 min
240
240
Jul
78.4%
20.6 min
245
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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122
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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120
120
Oct
83.8%
14.6 min
204
204
Nov
87.9%
13.1 min
232
236
Dec
87.5%
4.1 min
248
248
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 time83.9%2,202
Delayed >15 min15.5%406
Cancelled0.7%18
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.