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 delay08:00–09:00-0.1min · 648 recorded · 648 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.6min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,165DEN–RSW
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
18.59.2-0.1
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
7163580
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
23
23
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
75
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
08:00
94.9%
-0.1 min
648
648
09:00
91.2%
3.9 min
716
716
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
196
11:00
81.2%
9.9 min
245
245
12:00
76.2%
11.4 min
369
370
13:00
71.2%
16.7 min
243
243
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
15:00
78.9%
13.2 min
506
507
16:00
76.7%
13.0 min
437
439
17:00
70.8%
18.5 min
267
268
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
136
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
20
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
40
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
22:00
No observations
—
—
—
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
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
14.27.10.0
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
82.3%
8.6 min
588
592
Tuesday
84.0%
11.4 min
536
537
Wednesday
85.2%
5.4 min
542
543
Thursday
84.6%
6.5 min
611
611
Friday
81.6%
9.6 min
598
598
Saturday
80.7%
11.1 min
647
648
Sunday
76.4%
14.2 min
635
636
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
13.36.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5932970
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.7%
6.9 min
495
495
Feb
81.7%
11.2 min
453
454
Mar
77.9%
13.3 min
589
593
Apr
84.1%
8.3 min
390
390
May
82.2%
8.6 min
359
360
Jun
80.9%
12.7 min
288
288
Jul
77.5%
11.1 min
289
289
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
73
Oct
89.1%
5.8 min
284
284
Nov
85.8%
4.3 min
387
387
Dec
77.8%
13.2 min
481
482
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 time81.8%3,408
Delayed >15 min18.0%749
Cancelled0.2%8
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.
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