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 delay13:00–14:00-3.7min · 623 recorded · 620 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour2.6min13:00 ↔ 10:00
Recorded flights2,612HLN–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
1.0-1.3-3.7
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
6233120
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
97.6%
-3.2 min
619
620
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
94.5%
-1.1 min
457
459
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
189
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
25
13:00
94.8%
-3.7 min
620
623
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
No observations
—
—
—
16:00
No observations
—
—
—
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
18:00
No observations
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—
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19:00
No observations
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—
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20:00
95.9%
-3.0 min
241
241
21:00
96.4%
-3.5 min
415
416
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
1.0-1.6-4.3
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3761880
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
94.7%
-1.5 min
376
376
Tuesday
96.5%
-3.2 min
371
372
Wednesday
95.4%
-2.7 min
368
368
Thursday
95.4%
-2.7 min
367
368
Friday
95.2%
-2.0 min
375
376
Saturday
95.7%
-4.3 min
374
376
Sunday
96.5%
-2.0 min
374
376
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
1.0-2.3-5.5
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2481240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
94.2%
-1.1 min
241
244
Feb
95.5%
-3.8 min
224
224
Mar
98.0%
-5.5 min
248
248
Apr
96.7%
-3.7 min
240
240
May
97.6%
-3.0 min
248
248
Jun
95.4%
-3.1 min
240
240
Jul
93.6%
-0.6 min
248
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
97.1%
-3.4 min
204
204
Nov
94.0%
-3.1 min
232
236
Dec
94.1%
0.6 min
236
236
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 time95.4%2,491
Delayed >15 min4.4%114
Cancelled0.3%7
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.