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 delay11:00–12:000.4min · 210 recorded · 210 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.8min11:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,570GJT–PHX
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
25.212.60.0
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
4552280
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
91.3%
5.2 min
252
252
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
125
07:00
91.5%
0.9 min
201
202
08:00
90.8%
3.1 min
455
455
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
182
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
11:00
91.0%
0.4 min
210
210
12:00
83.5%
7.3 min
381
383
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
79
79
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
19
15:00
83.4%
7.6 min
403
403
16:00
78.1%
10.0 min
288
289
17:00
No observations
—
—
—
18:00
78.2%
25.2 min
436
436
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
169
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
171
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
179
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
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
12.66.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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5662830
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.7%
11.4 min
525
527
Tuesday
83.2%
8.7 min
453
453
Wednesday
92.0%
1.9 min
473
475
Thursday
85.9%
6.3 min
552
552
Friday
84.3%
11.2 min
517
518
Saturday
82.0%
7.5 min
478
479
Sunday
84.2%
12.6 min
564
566
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
13.97.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3661830
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
89.9%
11.5 min
306
306
Feb
87.7%
1.8 min
261
262
Mar
81.0%
12.2 min
310
310
Apr
85.5%
13.9 min
344
344
May
87.3%
5.8 min
362
362
Jun
78.3%
12.4 min
360
360
Jul
84.4%
6.6 min
366
366
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
136
Oct
85.8%
6.4 min
303
303
Nov
78.4%
10.6 min
329
334
Dec
88.2%
1.9 min
339
339
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 time84.7%3,023
Delayed >15 min15.1%539
Cancelled0.2%8
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.