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 delay05:00–06:00-0.9min · 347 recorded · 344 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.2min05:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights8,238FAI–SEA
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
13.26.1-0.9
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
1,1765880
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
87.2%
5.9 min
226
228
01:00
81.9%
13.0 min
994
1,009
02:00
85.9%
4.5 min
313
316
03:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
94.8%
-0.9 min
344
347
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
152
07:00
90.5%
3.1 min
200
202
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
175
09:00
85.7%
5.7 min
539
544
10:00
87.6%
6.3 min
356
356
11:00
85.0%
9.3 min
266
268
12:00
82.6%
5.8 min
1,169
1,176
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
55
15:00
75.3%
11.2 min
697
703
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
195
17:00
68.5%
13.2 min
295
295
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
143
143
19:00
68.4%
13.2 min
234
237
20:00
77.1%
10.3 min
240
240
21:00
78.8%
12.3 min
839
855
22:00
74.9%
8.6 min
219
219
23:00
79.4%
8.0 min
520
522
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
9.34.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1895950
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.7%
9.0 min
1,172
1,185
Tuesday
82.8%
8.5 min
1,152
1,158
Wednesday
81.7%
8.5 min
1,157
1,163
Thursday
81.2%
9.3 min
1,163
1,169
Friday
80.7%
8.7 min
1,172
1,187
Saturday
83.5%
5.9 min
1,178
1,187
Sunday
80.2%
8.4 min
1,175
1,189
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
18.19.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9284640
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.7%
7.2 min
753
765
Feb
85.3%
9.3 min
668
672
Mar
80.6%
10.3 min
742
751
Apr
88.3%
2.1 min
642
642
May
81.4%
6.2 min
688
691
Jun
77.8%
6.9 min
842
844
Jul
78.5%
12.4 min
912
928
Aug
80.3%
8.1 min
488
492
Sep
87.9%
2.2 min
471
471
Oct
85.0%
8.0 min
547
554
Nov
86.5%
4.4 min
654
656
Dec
72.6%
18.1 min
762
772
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 time81.0%6,671
Delayed >15 min18.2%1,498
Cancelled0.8%69
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.