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 delay08:00–09:000.3min · 598 recorded · 590 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.0min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,488DEN–TYS
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
24.312.20.0
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
7713860
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
08:00
92.7%
0.3 min
590
598
09:00
88.1%
5.2 min
269
269
10:00
82.5%
5.0 min
583
585
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
93
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
114
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
16:00
80.2%
9.5 min
767
771
17:00
74.7%
24.3 min
730
738
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
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
14.87.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6563280
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.7%
5.6 min
485
486
Tuesday
84.3%
7.5 min
402
402
Wednesday
83.3%
8.8 min
424
426
Thursday
81.5%
10.9 min
631
634
Friday
80.0%
10.3 min
469
472
Saturday
81.1%
8.7 min
403
412
Sunday
82.5%
14.8 min
652
656
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
27.713.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3881940
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.6%
3.0 min
292
306
Feb
90.8%
2.9 min
261
262
Mar
86.6%
6.1 min
298
300
Apr
83.3%
8.6 min
300
300
May
80.2%
10.9 min
313
316
Jun
72.4%
21.5 min
370
370
Jul
70.0%
27.7 min
387
388
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
162
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
162
Oct
86.6%
2.8 min
283
284
Nov
88.1%
3.1 min
318
318
Dec
87.8%
3.0 min
320
320
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%2,852
Delayed >15 min17.6%614
Cancelled0.6%22
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.