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 delay06:00–07:00-1.7min · 595 recorded · 589 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.0min06:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights6,730EUG–SEA
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
12.35.3-1.7
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
1,0105050
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
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
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05:00
94.2%
0.8 min
278
283
06:00
94.9%
-1.7 min
589
595
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
152
08:00
86.9%
5.1 min
389
392
09:00
91.9%
-0.1 min
619
627
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
20
11:00
84.1%
6.7 min
1,001
1,010
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
87
13:00
76.9%
12.3 min
433
436
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
45
15:00
88.6%
3.5 min
633
640
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
17:00
86.6%
4.9 min
822
828
18:00
No observations
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19:00
80.2%
7.1 min
398
399
20:00
84.3%
4.2 min
242
244
21:00
89.5%
4.6 min
494
495
22:00
75.0%
9.9 min
336
343
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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101
106
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
6.73.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9844920
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
86.1%
4.8 min
965
973
Tuesday
90.1%
0.8 min
968
973
Wednesday
88.1%
3.6 min
967
984
Thursday
84.2%
6.7 min
964
974
Friday
85.3%
5.9 min
954
969
Saturday
85.8%
4.9 min
908
911
Sunday
86.1%
4.8 min
940
946
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
9.03.8-1.5
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7073540
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
88.0%
5.8 min
556
569
Feb
88.0%
5.2 min
616
625
Mar
86.0%
6.4 min
694
707
Apr
90.5%
0.0 min
539
539
May
87.3%
2.9 min
612
613
Jun
79.4%
9.0 min
694
694
Jul
82.6%
7.2 min
690
694
Aug
85.7%
4.3 min
391
392
Sep
90.0%
0.7 min
419
420
Oct
89.2%
4.3 min
470
473
Nov
92.5%
-1.5 min
469
487
Dec
83.9%
5.4 min
516
517
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 time85.7%5,769
Delayed >15 min13.3%897
Cancelled1.0%64
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.