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 delay06:00–07:001.1min · 871 recorded · 856 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.0min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights5,394FAT–SAN
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
19.19.60.0
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
8714360
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
06:00
94.5%
1.1 min
856
871
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
08:00
87.8%
4.0 min
661
665
09:00
84.8%
7.7 min
270
272
10:00
84.0%
7.5 min
369
370
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
178
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
145
13:00
80.2%
6.3 min
323
323
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
130
132
15:00
74.4%
9.6 min
250
253
16:00
67.2%
16.1 min
232
233
17:00
68.5%
16.8 min
508
519
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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118
120
19:00
72.7%
11.1 min
418
432
20:00
62.1%
19.1 min
280
284
21:00
64.3%
15.1 min
434
449
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
99
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
15.37.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8244120
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.7%
9.4 min
810
816
Tuesday
84.4%
4.1 min
723
728
Wednesday
84.1%
4.5 min
730
735
Thursday
73.7%
13.5 min
803
824
Friday
73.3%
15.3 min
799
824
Saturday
84.2%
5.6 min
646
657
Sunday
74.1%
11.7 min
802
810
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
15.07.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5682840
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.3%
7.0 min
395
410
Feb
84.5%
5.1 min
341
348
Mar
82.1%
8.4 min
441
444
Apr
76.5%
9.7 min
523
525
May
81.3%
6.7 min
550
556
Jun
76.8%
9.7 min
531
532
Jul
72.4%
14.0 min
533
546
Aug
82.2%
6.6 min
236
238
Sep
84.8%
4.8 min
210
214
Oct
79.2%
9.8 min
494
501
Nov
78.3%
9.6 min
563
568
Dec
67.9%
15.0 min
496
512
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 time77.1%4,161
Delayed >15 min21.4%1,152
Cancelled1.5%81
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.