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 delay12:00–13:00-5.7min · 210 recorded · 209 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour9.7min12:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights1,842EKO–SLC
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
4.0-0.8-5.7
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
6563280
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
97.1%
-4.8 min
653
656
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
93.3%
-1.8 min
209
210
12:00
94.7%
-5.7 min
209
210
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
58
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
53
53
15:00
No observations
—
—
—
16:00
No observations
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—
—
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
47
47
18:00
No observations
—
—
—
19:00
No observations
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—
—
20:00
No observations
—
—
—
21:00
94.7%
4.0 min
603
606
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
2.0-1.8-5.6
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3141570
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
96.4%
-3.2 min
309
312
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
198
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
196
Thursday
94.2%
-1.7 min
312
312
Friday
93.9%
2.0 min
312
312
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
198
198
Sunday
95.5%
-5.6 min
311
314
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
198990
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
160
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
144
146
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
160
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
154
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
188
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
190
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
198
198
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
96
96
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
92
92
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
138
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
156
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
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 time94.7%1,745
Delayed >15 min4.8%89
Cancelled0.4%8
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.