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 · Nov 5, 2024 → May 20, 2026
Lowest average delay09:00–10:002.2min · 320 recorded · 306 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.0min09:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights1,342EYW–LGA
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
23.211.60.0
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
4172090
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
07:00
No observations
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08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
09:00
87.9%
2.2 min
306
320
10:00
81.8%
6.1 min
313
320
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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17
17
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
13:00
74.7%
19.7 min
213
223
14:00
69.3%
23.2 min
401
417
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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17
17
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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10
10
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
18:00
No observations
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19:00
No observations
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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
17.98.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2401200
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
182
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
184
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
182
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
176
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
178
Saturday
77.5%
17.9 min
236
240
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
200
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
25.112.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2461230
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
—
194
206
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
188
Mar
69.4%
25.1 min
235
246
Apr
88.0%
3.6 min
242
242
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
Jul
No observations
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Aug
No observations
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Sep
No observations
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Oct
No observations
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Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
122
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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168
176
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 time74.7%1,002
Delayed >15 min21.8%293
Cancelled3.5%47
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.