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 27, 2026
Lowest average delay05:00–06:009.4min · 470 recorded · 468 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.8min05:00 ↔ 08:00
Recorded flights2,104DFW–SGU
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
25.212.60.0
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
4702350
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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—
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05:00
90.6%
9.4 min
468
470
06:00
No observations
—
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—
07:00
No observations
—
—
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08:00
71.1%
25.2 min
277
278
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
75.9%
22.5 min
228
230
11:00
71.2%
17.5 min
351
351
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
172
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
No observations
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—
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
17:00
No observations
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—
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18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
14
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
163
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
71
71
21:00
70.6%
20.4 min
228
231
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
30.415.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3081540
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.9%
19.6 min
307
307
Tuesday
80.9%
8.4 min
299
300
Wednesday
82.2%
13.3 min
303
304
Thursday
77.4%
13.1 min
301
303
Friday
77.1%
17.2 min
305
306
Saturday
77.9%
20.0 min
271
276
Sunday
71.8%
30.4 min
308
308
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
38.019.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2241120
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
186
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
168
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
175
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Jun
61.4%
38.0 min
223
224
Jul
73.0%
21.8 min
222
223
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
120
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
184
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 time77.2%1,624
Delayed >15 min22.3%470
Cancelled0.5%10
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.