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 delay09:00–10:002.6min · 320 recorded · 317 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.5min09:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights4,013DSM–PHX
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
23.111.50.0
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
6783390
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
88.9%
11.8 min
584
592
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
08:00
90.5%
3.0 min
430
433
09:00
90.5%
2.6 min
317
320
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
53
11:00
78.3%
10.7 min
226
228
12:00
85.6%
7.1 min
285
289
13:00
83.6%
4.4 min
274
277
14:00
78.0%
20.7 min
673
678
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
102
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
118
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
18:00
78.9%
23.1 min
393
400
19:00
78.6%
8.5 min
331
335
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
135
21:00
No observations
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22:00
No observations
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23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
15.77.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6423210
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.9%
10.1 min
607
611
Tuesday
86.9%
10.3 min
495
499
Wednesday
86.9%
8.8 min
496
512
Thursday
83.3%
15.7 min
617
617
Friday
84.6%
8.4 min
602
604
Saturday
80.7%
13.6 min
524
528
Sunday
80.6%
12.9 min
625
642
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
18.29.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4962480
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.4%
14.3 min
381
387
Feb
85.9%
7.5 min
376
376
Mar
82.0%
16.2 min
472
496
Apr
90.7%
2.7 min
450
450
May
76.5%
14.1 min
421
421
Jun
81.6%
6.4 min
255
255
Jul
77.2%
18.2 min
241
244
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
140
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
136
Oct
80.6%
14.0 min
319
319
Nov
83.9%
15.6 min
373
382
Dec
80.5%
12.1 min
404
407
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 time82.1%3,296
Delayed >15 min16.7%670
Cancelled1.2%47
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.