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 delay09:00–10:00-3.3min · 320 recorded · 320 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour5.4min09:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights3,814GTF–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
2.1-0.6-3.3
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
6573290
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
98.2%
-3.1 min
656
657
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
97.2%
-3.3 min
320
320
10:00
94.7%
0.1 min
323
328
11:00
92.8%
-1.5 min
262
262
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
66
66
13:00
93.4%
-1.6 min
331
336
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
189
16:00
86.9%
2.1 min
405
406
17:00
No observations
—
—
—
18:00
89.2%
1.3 min
591
593
19:00
No observations
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—
20:00
94.0%
-2.0 min
251
252
21:00
95.3%
-1.6 min
404
404
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
1.0-1.6-4.2
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5602800
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
90.5%
-0.3 min
560
560
Tuesday
96.4%
-4.2 min
556
556
Wednesday
95.3%
-1.5 min
548
552
Thursday
93.2%
0.1 min
546
548
Friday
93.2%
-1.5 min
556
558
Saturday
93.6%
0.7 min
487
494
Sunday
91.9%
-0.3 min
545
546
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
3.1-0.3-3.7
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3721860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
94.4%
-0.9 min
340
340
Feb
92.3%
-0.7 min
312
312
Mar
91.8%
-0.1 min
354
360
Apr
93.0%
-2.1 min
356
356
May
92.5%
-0.1 min
372
372
Jun
97.2%
-3.7 min
360
360
Jul
93.5%
-1.2 min
368
368
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
182
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
96.9%
-3.7 min
288
288
Nov
93.1%
-2.2 min
332
340
Dec
90.7%
3.1 min
354
356
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 time93.1%3,549
Delayed >15 min6.5%249
Cancelled0.4%16
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.