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 · Dec 3, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay07:00–08:00-6.1min · 211 recorded · 211 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour6.5min07:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights1,999GJT–SLC
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
1.0-2.6-6.1
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
3881940
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
98.0%
-5.5 min
200
200
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
191
192
07:00
97.6%
-6.1 min
211
211
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
10
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
92.2%
0.1 min
217
217
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
90.7%
0.4 min
216
216
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
46
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
185
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
131
19:00
No observations
—
—
—
20:00
95.5%
-2.8 min
202
202
21:00
95.6%
-3.3 min
387
388
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
1.0-2.5-5.9
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3281640
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
93.6%
-1.6 min
326
326
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
195
Wednesday
96.6%
-5.9 min
322
322
Thursday
92.3%
-2.9 min
324
324
Friday
93.3%
0.2 min
328
328
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
181
182
Sunday
95.3%
-2.2 min
321
322
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
3.0-1.7-6.4
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2181090
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
172
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
Mar
94.6%
-3.0 min
202
202
Apr
95.2%
-2.4 min
206
206
May
96.7%
-6.4 min
210
212
Jun
94.7%
-2.6 min
208
208
Jul
91.7%
3.0 min
218
218
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
106
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
Dec
93.7%
-1.6 min
207
207
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 time94.4%1,887
Delayed >15 min5.5%110
Cancelled0.1%2
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.