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 delay06:00–07:00-0.8min · 206 recorded · 205 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour11.6min06:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights2,020EWR–SAT
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
10.85.0-0.8
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
5862930
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
No observations
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06:00
94.6%
-0.8 min
205
206
07:00
90.3%
4.5 min
580
583
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
110
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
11
11:00
81.0%
10.8 min
295
297
12:00
85.0%
6.9 min
578
586
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
121
14:00
No observations
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—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
26
16:00
No observations
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17:00
No observations
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18:00
No observations
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—
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19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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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
12.86.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3181590
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.6%
6.2 min
313
318
Tuesday
90.5%
3.5 min
294
300
Wednesday
89.6%
4.0 min
288
288
Thursday
83.2%
6.1 min
315
316
Friday
85.3%
7.4 min
306
308
Saturday
83.0%
12.8 min
212
212
Sunday
84.6%
10.6 min
273
278
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
9.24.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2341170
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
—
139
142
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
164
Mar
87.2%
6.1 min
218
218
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
166
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
182
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
174
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Oct
91.3%
0.3 min
206
206
Nov
86.8%
7.9 min
220
220
Dec
84.1%
9.2 min
232
234
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 time85.2%1,722
Delayed >15 min13.8%279
Cancelled0.9%19
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.