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 delay23:00–00:003.8min · 496 recorded · 490 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour30.1min23:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights4,692EWR–SLC
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
33.916.90.0
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
8934470
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
75.6%
16.3 min
319
326
01:00
No observations
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—
—
02:00
No observations
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—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
137
138
07:00
87.7%
5.8 min
884
893
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
47
50
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
77
10:00
85.5%
15.4 min
214
218
11:00
73.8%
19.4 min
793
804
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
51
55
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
82
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
157
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
67
17:00
80.1%
12.2 min
302
311
18:00
72.4%
26.5 min
497
505
19:00
63.7%
33.9 min
226
229
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
179
21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
31
23:00
86.7%
3.8 min
490
496
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
21.710.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6873440
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.9%
9.2 min
655
677
Tuesday
84.4%
11.6 min
641
649
Wednesday
82.7%
11.6 min
647
650
Thursday
74.0%
18.9 min
676
687
Friday
78.8%
14.4 min
680
684
Saturday
76.1%
20.3 min
648
664
Sunday
74.0%
21.7 min
668
681
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
24.812.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6723360
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.9%
8.9 min
509
522
Feb
77.9%
13.9 min
515
533
Mar
79.3%
11.8 min
663
672
Apr
81.0%
9.3 min
406
410
May
72.8%
24.8 min
386
390
Jun
80.3%
14.1 min
406
409
Jul
78.0%
23.1 min
350
364
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
184
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
81.0%
13.0 min
289
290
Nov
72.3%
21.6 min
332
334
Dec
69.9%
23.5 min
395
404
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 time76.9%3,609
Delayed >15 min21.4%1,006
Cancelled1.6%77
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.