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 · Dec 13, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay12:00–13:0020.3min · 371 recorded · 360 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.5min12:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights2,043EAU–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
30.815.40.0
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
5792900
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
85.3%
22.8 min
559
579
06:00
No observations
—
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
12
14
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
99
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
12:00
74.2%
20.3 min
360
371
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
14:00
70.4%
29.4 min
311
326
15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
17:00
No observations
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18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
0
1
20:00
No observations
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21:00
69.7%
30.8 min
525
551
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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25
28
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
38.319.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3431720
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.3%
18.0 min
321
340
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
174
Wednesday
76.0%
25.0 min
283
294
Thursday
75.0%
22.7 min
328
334
Friday
75.3%
28.7 min
332
343
Saturday
71.0%
38.3 min
207
218
Sunday
73.9%
29.0 min
325
340
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
32.416.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2141070
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
71.2%
32.4 min
212
214
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
190
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
212
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
206
May
84.0%
9.8 min
213
214
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
206
Jul
73.1%
20.7 min
208
212
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
108
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
100
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
96
100
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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158
173
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 time72.4%1,479
Delayed >15 min23.7%484
Cancelled3.9%80
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.