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 delay07:00–08:004.6min · 1,312 recorded · 1,290 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.8min07:00 ↔ 12:00
Recorded flights7,311EWR–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
27.413.70.0
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
1,3126560
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
01:00
No observations
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—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
05:00
No observations
—
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06:00
88.9%
7.0 min
539
547
07:00
89.6%
4.6 min
1,290
1,312
08:00
84.4%
7.8 min
441
450
09:00
85.8%
8.7 min
289
291
10:00
68.1%
22.3 min
573
584
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
133
12:00
72.6%
27.4 min
219
221
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
103
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
15:00
77.6%
12.9 min
477
481
16:00
78.8%
19.8 min
400
419
17:00
73.8%
23.3 min
401
416
18:00
71.5%
26.7 min
417
421
19:00
71.2%
16.2 min
416
425
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
167
21:00
74.0%
10.4 min
288
289
22:00
73.9%
15.0 min
406
409
23:00
77.8%
11.3 min
450
457
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
18.09.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0865430
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.8%
13.4 min
1,059
1,075
Tuesday
84.2%
10.6 min
1,011
1,030
Wednesday
82.8%
11.7 min
1,016
1,024
Thursday
77.9%
12.7 min
1,057
1,074
Friday
74.1%
17.9 min
1,067
1,082
Saturday
75.7%
17.1 min
920
940
Sunday
76.0%
18.0 min
1,057
1,086
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
29.114.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9264630
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.9%
6.7 min
458
470
Feb
82.2%
8.3 min
393
410
Mar
78.6%
10.9 min
585
588
Apr
83.4%
10.2 min
613
616
May
75.1%
24.0 min
690
694
Jun
77.0%
14.0 min
783
790
Jul
66.1%
29.1 min
886
926
Aug
74.5%
18.6 min
454
458
Sep
89.2%
5.9 min
452
454
Oct
83.8%
8.0 min
628
636
Nov
79.3%
13.6 min
609
626
Dec
78.5%
11.6 min
636
643
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 time77.1%5,639
Delayed >15 min21.2%1,548
Cancelled1.7%124
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.