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 delay08:00–09:00-0.2min · 229 recorded · 228 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.9min08:00 ↔ 12:00
Recorded flights3,093GEG–SFO
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
17.78.8-0.2
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
6063030
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
95.7%
0.1 min
304
305
07:00
82.3%
5.6 min
322
322
08:00
92.1%
-0.2 min
228
229
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
98
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
72
12:00
75.3%
17.7 min
603
606
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
93
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
138
15:00
86.2%
4.6 min
275
278
16:00
79.0%
13.0 min
272
274
17:00
No observations
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18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
100
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
135
138
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
157
21:00
79.7%
11.5 min
246
248
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
16.18.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4712360
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.4%
16.1 min
460
464
Tuesday
84.1%
6.9 min
422
424
Wednesday
82.1%
13.3 min
429
429
Thursday
79.0%
10.9 min
466
471
Friday
76.2%
13.4 min
457
459
Saturday
85.3%
6.1 min
387
388
Sunday
78.5%
12.5 min
455
458
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
15.77.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3941970
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
89.2%
14.0 min
203
204
Feb
82.0%
12.2 min
211
212
Mar
84.4%
8.5 min
262
265
Apr
77.0%
10.5 min
283
284
May
83.5%
10.9 min
267
269
Jun
72.7%
15.7 min
352
352
Jul
72.1%
14.1 min
390
394
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
171
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
165
165
Oct
77.5%
12.9 min
258
258
Nov
81.9%
10.2 min
270
275
Dec
82.4%
12.8 min
244
244
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 time79.4%2,457
Delayed >15 min20.0%619
Cancelled0.5%17
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.