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 delay07:00–08:001.7min · 232 recorded · 232 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour7.7min07:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights3,420FAT–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
9.54.70.0
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
6693350
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
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
12
12
07:00
93.1%
1.7 min
232
232
08:00
90.9%
3.5 min
629
634
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
10:00
84.8%
4.7 min
204
204
11:00
82.3%
7.3 min
300
300
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
66
67
13:00
77.9%
8.1 min
217
219
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
116
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
46
16:00
81.4%
7.7 min
360
366
17:00
84.4%
6.3 min
263
264
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
66
67
19:00
79.7%
9.5 min
660
669
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
153
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
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
8.74.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5102550
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.2%
8.2 min
504
507
Tuesday
86.5%
5.1 min
482
487
Wednesday
86.6%
5.5 min
470
472
Thursday
82.7%
7.2 min
509
510
Friday
85.1%
4.9 min
504
510
Saturday
86.1%
6.4 min
433
436
Sunday
83.1%
8.7 min
492
498
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
12.36.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4122060
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.2%
5.3 min
236
240
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Mar
84.3%
11.7 min
204
208
Apr
85.7%
5.2 min
258
258
May
83.8%
7.7 min
383
383
Jun
81.8%
6.5 min
402
407
Jul
81.7%
6.9 min
409
412
Aug
84.2%
6.1 min
234
237
Sep
86.9%
7.0 min
214
214
Oct
89.4%
2.2 min
311
316
Nov
91.0%
2.6 min
290
292
Dec
76.9%
12.3 min
273
273
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 time83.6%2,860
Delayed >15 min15.6%534
Cancelled0.8%26
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.