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 delay06:00–07:006.6min · 707 recorded · 693 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour27.7min06:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights8,357DFW–ONT
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
34.317.20.0
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
1,1385690
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
—
43
45
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
96
97
06:00
90.9%
6.6 min
693
707
07:00
91.9%
13.2 min
492
502
08:00
82.2%
13.4 min
874
889
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
120
10:00
74.6%
19.8 min
1,089
1,107
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
43
43
12:00
73.0%
20.6 min
1,114
1,138
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
32
14:00
71.2%
21.9 min
610
630
15:00
79.1%
15.7 min
206
213
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
121
17:00
62.4%
26.7 min
622
642
18:00
57.3%
27.5 min
260
270
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
73
77
20:00
64.0%
19.9 min
203
215
21:00
53.4%
30.0 min
541
559
22:00
50.0%
34.3 min
430
443
23:00
80.1%
10.9 min
487
507
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
24.612.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,2956480
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
72.4%
20.7 min
1,188
1,222
Tuesday
75.9%
16.5 min
1,089
1,119
Wednesday
74.7%
17.5 min
1,073
1,089
Thursday
74.7%
16.7 min
1,232
1,259
Friday
74.5%
18.8 min
1,178
1,211
Saturday
73.1%
18.8 min
1,128
1,162
Sunday
69.0%
24.6 min
1,255
1,295
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
37.218.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8764380
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
77.9%
16.3 min
603
648
Feb
85.5%
4.6 min
585
592
Mar
79.0%
9.4 min
718
730
Apr
74.9%
17.0 min
800
814
May
72.6%
19.0 min
798
822
Jun
63.1%
27.2 min
824
857
Jul
61.7%
34.2 min
856
876
Aug
62.6%
37.2 min
409
425
Sep
73.7%
18.1 min
357
366
Oct
79.5%
12.5 min
679
684
Nov
75.9%
13.8 min
739
757
Dec
76.7%
20.7 min
775
786
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 time71.5%5,977
Delayed >15 min25.9%2,166
Cancelled2.6%214
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.