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 delay11:00–12:009.9min · 1,028 recorded · 1,021 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.6min11:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights5,102DEN–XWA
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
34.517.20.0
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
1,0285140
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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34
34
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
84
07:00
88.3%
12.4 min
922
935
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
56
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
39
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
159
11:00
82.0%
9.9 min
1,021
1,028
12:00
No observations
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13:00
81.4%
10.3 min
435
437
14:00
77.4%
16.3 min
350
356
15:00
73.8%
28.0 min
477
483
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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157
159
17:00
61.2%
34.5 min
260
265
18:00
72.6%
25.2 min
263
271
19:00
69.7%
20.6 min
254
257
20:00
85.0%
23.9 min
254
262
21:00
79.4%
22.3 min
272
277
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
22.911.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7683840
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.5%
19.7 min
763
768
Tuesday
80.4%
16.8 min
731
746
Wednesday
80.3%
16.7 min
741
750
Thursday
80.1%
15.5 min
743
750
Friday
79.0%
16.2 min
746
765
Saturday
81.4%
19.2 min
570
574
Sunday
78.6%
22.9 min
742
749
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
30.615.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5302650
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
73.4%
20.6 min
399
415
Feb
75.7%
23.1 min
391
398
Mar
80.6%
14.1 min
458
465
Apr
78.5%
21.9 min
405
407
May
80.7%
12.9 min
486
490
Jun
74.0%
22.4 min
520
522
Jul
77.3%
19.2 min
525
530
Aug
77.9%
19.1 min
298
300
Sep
89.8%
2.6 min
274
274
Oct
88.7%
4.5 min
399
399
Nov
85.0%
19.9 min
426
443
Dec
75.8%
30.6 min
455
459
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 time78.4%3,998
Delayed >15 min20.3%1,038
Cancelled1.3%66
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.