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 delay08:00–09:00-0.3min · 603 recorded · 585 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.9min08:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights6,524GSO–LGA
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
20.710.2-0.3
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
8394200
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
46
06:00
92.3%
4.9 min
800
839
07:00
89.2%
3.5 min
231
236
08:00
90.6%
-0.3 min
585
603
09:00
88.3%
1.6 min
247
251
10:00
83.0%
8.5 min
412
431
11:00
85.5%
7.0 min
543
553
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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136
140
13:00
78.8%
9.0 min
217
224
14:00
79.5%
14.8 min
249
258
15:00
76.9%
12.3 min
542
574
16:00
80.4%
10.0 min
521
540
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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160
186
18:00
75.0%
16.7 min
591
634
19:00
78.4%
8.9 min
338
350
20:00
77.8%
14.2 min
370
403
21:00
71.6%
20.7 min
229
256
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
11.25.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0505250
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.4%
10.9 min
982
1,050
Tuesday
82.5%
7.1 min
998
1,046
Wednesday
85.1%
5.1 min
993
1,037
Thursday
79.2%
10.7 min
968
1,007
Friday
80.7%
10.4 min
985
1,017
Saturday
85.9%
6.6 min
512
526
Sunday
82.4%
11.2 min
779
841
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
20.410.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7663830
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.7%
5.3 min
525
573
Feb
84.6%
4.4 min
475
515
Mar
80.6%
9.8 min
504
538
Apr
85.1%
8.0 min
629
631
May
83.1%
10.3 min
555
563
Jun
77.9%
10.5 min
483
512
Jul
74.2%
20.4 min
427
500
Aug
87.4%
5.4 min
269
278
Sep
90.4%
3.3 min
322
328
Oct
82.8%
8.6 min
628
640
Nov
82.8%
8.5 min
739
766
Dec
79.6%
10.6 min
661
680
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 time78.6%5,131
Delayed >15 min16.6%1,086
Cancelled4.7%307
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.