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 delay05:00–06:00-3.2min · 339 recorded · 337 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.6min05:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights2,921GEG–PDX
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
11.54.2-3.2
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
4842420
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
97.0%
-3.2 min
337
339
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
71
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
87
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
20
10:00
88.1%
4.2 min
369
373
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
83.1%
4.9 min
479
484
13:00
No observations
—
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—
14:00
90.9%
1.9 min
482
482
15:00
78.4%
11.5 min
425
426
16:00
No observations
—
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17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
114
18:00
No observations
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19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
20:00
No observations
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21:00
84.8%
4.1 min
394
398
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
8
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
7.13.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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4402200
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
86.2%
3.6 min
435
437
Tuesday
87.0%
2.8 min
408
409
Wednesday
89.8%
0.9 min
403
403
Thursday
88.2%
4.4 min
423
430
Friday
82.3%
7.1 min
435
440
Saturday
88.6%
3.7 min
377
379
Sunday
86.0%
4.6 min
420
423
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
8.54.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3641820
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
89.8%
2.3 min
275
279
Feb
89.4%
2.7 min
226
232
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
187
188
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
158
May
82.5%
4.3 min
292
292
Jun
82.6%
7.9 min
339
339
Jul
81.6%
8.5 min
364
364
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
143
143
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Oct
85.5%
3.8 min
213
216
Nov
91.4%
0.9 min
244
246
Dec
83.8%
4.5 min
284
288
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 time86.2%2,518
Delayed >15 min13.1%383
Cancelled0.7%20
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.