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 delay06:00–07:00-1.4min · 1,140 recorded · 1,120 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour49.2min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights5,459EWR–IAD
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
47.823.2-1.4
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
1,1405700
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
61
06:00
96.4%
-1.4 min
1,120
1,140
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
08:00
86.0%
14.5 min
606
613
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
137
138
11:00
No observations
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12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
138
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
79
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
140
15:00
72.5%
25.0 min
582
594
16:00
No observations
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17:00
62.1%
47.8 min
630
649
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
19:00
65.9%
31.0 min
481
498
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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73
77
21:00
70.0%
19.4 min
467
480
22:00
72.1%
20.3 min
642
662
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
26.513.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7893950
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.7%
18.5 min
759
788
Tuesday
83.3%
12.3 min
772
789
Wednesday
80.5%
18.5 min
776
788
Thursday
76.7%
22.7 min
765
781
Friday
76.1%
20.4 min
778
782
Saturday
77.5%
18.9 min
733
751
Sunday
70.4%
26.5 min
747
780
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
47.923.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5592800
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.8%
7.6 min
463
479
Feb
83.5%
10.0 min
429
448
Mar
79.4%
15.6 min
499
502
Apr
80.8%
15.8 min
520
526
May
77.5%
24.3 min
541
557
Jun
79.7%
20.1 min
536
544
Jul
66.2%
47.9 min
509
559
Aug
71.4%
28.0 min
248
249
Sep
78.7%
17.1 min
244
244
Oct
78.3%
16.5 min
405
407
Nov
76.2%
14.9 min
462
468
Dec
74.9%
16.8 min
474
476
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 time75.8%4,138
Delayed >15 min21.8%1,192
Cancelled2.4%129
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.