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 delay06:00–07:000.1min · 267 recorded · 259 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.0min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,675EWR–STL
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
24.112.00.0
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
4902450
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
91.5%
0.1 min
259
267
07:00
90.7%
6.1 min
375
386
08:00
91.7%
2.3 min
216
222
09:00
91.4%
0.5 min
382
391
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
29
11:00
83.2%
13.2 min
393
412
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
175
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
23
14:00
86.1%
5.9 min
409
420
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
124
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
106
17:00
72.6%
24.1 min
423
449
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
40
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
13
21:00
73.3%
17.3 min
442
490
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
94
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
16.78.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5352680
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.1%
10.6 min
497
534
Tuesday
85.8%
5.4 min
508
535
Wednesday
85.4%
8.2 min
521
532
Thursday
80.0%
16.1 min
505
524
Friday
84.1%
10.4 min
515
532
Saturday
79.7%
16.7 min
459
488
Sunday
82.0%
13.7 min
489
530
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
19.69.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3681840
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.4%
4.3 min
318
348
Feb
87.3%
7.2 min
314
334
Mar
86.4%
6.7 min
345
352
Apr
84.9%
14.6 min
284
292
May
87.2%
10.6 min
274
294
Jun
77.0%
17.9 min
321
330
Jul
78.2%
11.8 min
317
368
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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183
186
Sep
86.9%
10.3 min
206
212
Oct
80.8%
13.3 min
302
306
Nov
82.5%
9.4 min
332
346
Dec
78.2%
19.6 min
298
307
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%2,898
Delayed >15 min16.2%596
Cancelled4.9%181
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.