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 delay09:00–10:006.8min · 228 recorded · 226 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.8min09:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights4,108DLH–ORD
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
28.614.30.0
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
7183590
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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27
28
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
19
07:00
84.3%
18.1 min
395
408
08:00
84.1%
8.9 min
565
578
09:00
85.8%
6.8 min
226
228
10:00
No observations
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11:00
75.2%
23.9 min
475
489
12:00
78.1%
14.3 min
647
657
13:00
No observations
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14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
37
15:00
71.0%
24.4 min
693
718
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
127
17:00
No observations
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18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
142
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
20:00
71.3%
28.6 min
519
535
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
80
91
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
16
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
23.911.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6093050
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.2%
22.7 min
585
609
Tuesday
77.9%
18.1 min
565
578
Wednesday
76.1%
19.4 min
572
586
Thursday
77.2%
23.6 min
588
606
Friday
76.4%
19.7 min
589
609
Saturday
77.3%
17.9 min
515
535
Sunday
75.4%
23.9 min
565
585
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
46.723.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4662330
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
71.6%
25.3 min
243
248
Feb
77.7%
18.1 min
274
282
Mar
66.9%
32.9 min
360
386
Apr
78.2%
23.0 min
412
437
May
82.3%
13.8 min
447
449
Jun
79.6%
16.3 min
401
408
Jul
72.2%
29.1 min
442
466
Aug
74.9%
14.1 min
207
213
Sep
75.7%
14.8 min
235
238
Oct
86.9%
3.9 min
373
373
Nov
79.4%
16.7 min
344
354
Dec
65.2%
46.7 min
241
254
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 time74.1%3,043
Delayed >15 min22.8%936
Cancelled3.1%129
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.