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 delay11:00–12:007.9min · 655 recorded · 655 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.9min11:00 ↔ 05:00
Recorded flights2,620DEN–SBP
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
24.812.40.0
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
6553280
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
86.1%
24.8 min
647
655
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
11:00
83.7%
7.9 min
655
655
12:00
80.2%
13.9 min
525
525
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
126
127
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
25
16:00
No observations
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—
—
17:00
No observations
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18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
10
19:00
73.1%
22.4 min
614
619
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
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
22.711.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3771890
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.5%
15.6 min
372
373
Tuesday
82.2%
21.9 min
371
372
Wednesday
84.6%
15.7 min
370
373
Thursday
82.1%
17.0 min
369
373
Friday
79.2%
17.0 min
375
376
Saturday
81.6%
13.3 min
375
377
Sunday
77.0%
22.7 min
374
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
28.514.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2501250
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.7%
13.3 min
246
248
Feb
82.1%
19.1 min
224
224
Mar
89.2%
8.7 min
250
250
Apr
87.9%
12.3 min
240
240
May
74.7%
21.0 min
245
248
Jun
72.9%
27.9 min
240
240
Jul
74.0%
16.0 min
246
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
110
Oct
87.3%
6.9 min
204
204
Nov
82.1%
17.7 min
234
236
Dec
75.4%
28.5 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 time80.3%2,104
Delayed >15 min19.2%502
Cancelled0.5%14
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.