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 delay06:00–07:002.4min · 254 recorded · 252 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.1min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights2,966EWR–PDX
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
16.58.20.0
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
6603300
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
06:00
92.1%
2.4 min
252
254
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
151
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
88
09:00
77.1%
15.9 min
210
213
10:00
76.3%
16.0 min
317
322
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
15:00
No observations
—
—
—
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
17:00
80.3%
16.5 min
648
660
18:00
79.2%
11.5 min
404
412
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
26
27
20:00
No observations
—
—
—
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
105
22:00
81.1%
8.5 min
418
425
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
176
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
20.010.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4342170
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.0%
11.9 min
415
425
Tuesday
85.1%
9.0 min
422
426
Wednesday
83.5%
9.8 min
423
426
Thursday
78.1%
18.5 min
420
430
Friday
80.9%
8.3 min
430
434
Saturday
74.4%
20.0 min
395
399
Sunday
78.8%
15.6 min
415
426
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
25.612.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4302150
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
143
146
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
178
Mar
81.8%
6.6 min
236
238
Apr
77.8%
16.0 min
234
234
May
77.5%
25.6 min
262
266
Jun
78.7%
13.1 min
352
352
Jul
76.9%
19.3 min
412
430
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
180
Oct
85.6%
7.1 min
278
278
Nov
78.9%
14.1 min
227
230
Dec
78.2%
14.3 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 time78.9%2,341
Delayed >15 min19.5%579
Cancelled1.6%46
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.