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 27, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay08:00–09:004.2min · 412 recorded · 407 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.6min08:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights2,434EYW–ORD
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
20.810.40.0
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
4632320
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
No observations
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07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
78
08:00
87.7%
4.2 min
407
412
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
10:00
85.0%
7.3 min
460
463
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
133
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
162
13:00
76.6%
18.9 min
414
418
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
149
16:00
74.6%
20.8 min
448
458
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
34
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
114
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
17.18.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3881940
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.8%
12.5 min
330
340
Tuesday
84.2%
7.5 min
336
336
Wednesday
80.8%
8.6 min
334
336
Thursday
80.0%
15.4 min
335
341
Friday
78.8%
17.1 min
349
349
Saturday
78.1%
16.2 min
383
388
Sunday
75.5%
16.0 min
335
344
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
17.99.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3931970
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
77.4%
16.9 min
332
332
Feb
81.4%
13.7 min
307
307
Mar
78.4%
16.5 min
384
393
Apr
77.6%
15.3 min
312
316
May
83.6%
3.0 min
226
228
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
136
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
132
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
Sep
No observations
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Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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22
22
Nov
85.1%
9.2 min
242
248
Dec
75.4%
17.9 min
313
318
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 time78.4%1,908
Delayed >15 min20.3%494
Cancelled1.3%32
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.