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 delay22:00–23:00-0.9min · 477 recorded · 476 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour2.2min22:00 ↔ 10:00
Recorded flights2,710EUG–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
1.30.2-0.9
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
5993000
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
95.3%
0.3 min
598
599
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
93.6%
1.3 min
451
451
11:00
93.7%
0.6 min
207
207
12:00
91.4%
0.7 min
534
534
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
39
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
39
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
18:00
No observations
—
—
—
19:00
No observations
—
—
—
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
172
22:00
94.5%
-0.9 min
476
477
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
4.41.6-1.2
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3881940
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
93.8%
-0.6 min
388
388
Tuesday
93.6%
-0.4 min
388
388
Wednesday
94.9%
-0.8 min
388
388
Thursday
91.2%
2.7 min
387
388
Friday
96.1%
-1.2 min
387
388
Saturday
92.5%
-0.4 min
384
384
Sunday
92.0%
4.4 min
386
386
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
3.7-0.0-3.7
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3081540
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
92.3%
1.6 min
248
248
Feb
94.1%
1.7 min
222
224
Mar
92.7%
1.8 min
248
248
Apr
92.9%
-0.2 min
240
240
May
93.6%
1.0 min
248
248
Jun
91.5%
3.7 min
258
258
Jul
91.6%
2.5 min
308
308
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
95.6%
-3.7 min
204
204
Nov
97.1%
-2.8 min
240
240
Dec
91.5%
1.2 min
248
248
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 time93.4%2,530
Delayed >15 min6.6%178
Cancelled0.1%2
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.