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 delay09:00–10:000.7min · 299 recorded · 287 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour19.2min09:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,713GSP–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
19.89.90.0
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
4742370
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
06:00
91.3%
4.2 min
459
474
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
123
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
196
09:00
88.5%
0.7 min
287
299
10:00
83.5%
8.9 min
236
240
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
88
89
12:00
80.4%
8.5 min
306
318
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
35
14:00
85.4%
5.0 min
212
215
15:00
76.3%
14.8 min
279
299
16:00
82.0%
5.9 min
217
225
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
164
18:00
71.7%
19.8 min
321
353
19:00
75.7%
13.5 min
243
253
20:00
74.7%
16.9 min
356
395
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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12
13
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
14.47.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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6083040
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.4%
7.1 min
566
608
Tuesday
80.4%
11.1 min
562
587
Wednesday
83.6%
6.7 min
573
600
Thursday
81.2%
9.0 min
554
583
Friday
79.2%
14.4 min
554
576
Saturday
85.3%
7.9 min
232
239
Sunday
81.2%
10.0 min
484
520
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
20.810.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4652330
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.7%
6.3 min
280
305
Feb
85.7%
5.0 min
280
304
Mar
75.9%
14.8 min
303
326
Apr
85.4%
5.8 min
328
330
May
84.9%
6.0 min
304
312
Jun
77.0%
17.0 min
265
292
Jul
74.3%
20.8 min
261
305
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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150
156
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
156
Oct
87.3%
6.2 min
345
350
Nov
83.2%
6.3 min
452
465
Dec
73.5%
13.7 min
403
412
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 time77.6%2,883
Delayed >15 min17.3%642
Cancelled5.1%188
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.