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 delay06:00–07:005.7min · 509 recorded · 497 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour40.4min06:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights8,076EWR–SJU
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
46.123.10.0
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
1,1325660
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
—
6
6
01:00
75.2%
24.6 min
419
422
02:00
79.2%
13.3 min
250
254
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
87.3%
7.7 min
228
235
06:00
87.9%
5.7 min
497
509
07:00
81.3%
23.3 min
620
641
08:00
83.1%
11.1 min
496
504
09:00
85.3%
5.7 min
668
675
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
11:00
74.4%
24.5 min
406
421
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
55
13:00
70.5%
29.1 min
620
637
14:00
69.5%
27.3 min
305
317
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
126
16:00
73.4%
17.3 min
474
483
17:00
59.1%
26.6 min
220
228
18:00
78.4%
17.1 min
453
458
19:00
69.0%
21.1 min
1,109
1,132
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
202
21:00
71.6%
22.5 min
345
360
22:00
61.1%
46.1 min
285
288
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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21
23
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
23.611.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,2046020
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.5%
22.8 min
1,164
1,204
Tuesday
79.5%
16.8 min
1,101
1,122
Wednesday
81.2%
14.5 min
1,141
1,155
Thursday
76.0%
17.0 min
1,133
1,141
Friday
75.7%
19.1 min
1,167
1,190
Saturday
73.4%
22.5 min
1,080
1,115
Sunday
69.8%
23.6 min
1,110
1,149
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
38.419.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8684340
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
72.3%
19.5 min
831
868
Feb
76.2%
20.1 min
714
744
Mar
74.8%
18.8 min
795
801
Apr
79.4%
15.2 min
788
794
May
80.8%
11.9 min
676
684
Jun
77.5%
19.2 min
670
682
Jul
68.6%
38.4 min
723
764
Aug
73.3%
20.2 min
382
386
Sep
80.5%
17.1 min
303
303
Oct
79.2%
14.3 min
510
519
Nov
78.4%
16.9 min
672
684
Dec
70.6%
19.2 min
832
847
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 time73.9%5,969
Delayed >15 min23.9%1,927
Cancelled2.2%180
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.