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 delay05:00–06:001.8min · 241 recorded · 240 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour7.9min05:00 ↔ 06:00
Recorded flights2,503GSP–MIA
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
9.74.80.0
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
3981990
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
94.2%
1.8 min
240
241
06:00
90.2%
9.7 min
328
329
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
89
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
41
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
11
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
48
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
48
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
72
16:00
84.8%
3.6 min
289
292
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
184
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
183
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
108
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
155
21:00
86.8%
4.4 min
395
398
22:00
80.2%
5.8 min
242
244
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
9.64.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4382190
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
88.7%
4.3 min
344
350
Tuesday
89.5%
3.3 min
343
343
Wednesday
86.4%
4.6 min
339
339
Thursday
82.2%
8.7 min
342
342
Friday
82.9%
6.7 min
345
346
Saturday
81.4%
9.6 min
429
438
Sunday
81.1%
7.4 min
339
345
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
10.15.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2621310
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
74.7%
10.1 min
245
258
Feb
86.2%
6.3 min
231
232
Mar
83.0%
4.2 min
206
210
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
May
87.7%
3.0 min
244
244
Jun
79.1%
9.8 min
254
256
Jul
77.1%
8.8 min
262
262
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
126
126
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
64
64
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Nov
94.6%
2.1 min
239
241
Dec
82.8%
7.6 min
250
250
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 time83.7%2,096
Delayed >15 min15.4%385
Cancelled0.9%22
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.