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 delay08:00–09:007.5min · 235 recorded · 232 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.6min08:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights1,605GSP–PHL
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
26.113.10.0
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
5232620
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
20
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
201
07:00
90.7%
13.7 min
236
241
08:00
84.1%
7.5 min
232
235
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
55
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
23
25
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
11
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
31
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
115
18:00
69.5%
26.1 min
502
523
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
64
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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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
21.210.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2411210
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.1%
20.4 min
226
236
Tuesday
83.7%
12.3 min
215
220
Wednesday
83.3%
16.2 min
228
230
Thursday
77.5%
21.2 min
227
230
Friday
75.7%
17.5 min
235
241
Saturday
79.9%
13.4 min
209
214
Sunday
79.3%
15.2 min
222
234
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
176880
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
160
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
158
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
152
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
121
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
176
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
128
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
124
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
126
126
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
125
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
121
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 time77.8%1,248
Delayed >15 min19.6%314
Cancelled2.7%43
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.