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 delay10:00–11:004.9min · 227 recorded · 226 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour11.4min10:00 ↔ 12:00
Recorded flights8,955HNL–SFO
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
16.38.20.0
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
1,1465730
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
No observations
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06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
07:00
90.2%
8.0 min
931
946
08:00
87.9%
10.1 min
536
544
09:00
86.3%
6.9 min
1,081
1,086
10:00
85.8%
4.9 min
226
227
11:00
81.5%
15.2 min
605
608
12:00
73.9%
16.3 min
422
437
13:00
76.2%
14.5 min
1,144
1,146
14:00
79.5%
13.9 min
526
528
15:00
74.4%
13.5 min
270
270
16:00
80.5%
14.8 min
830
832
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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32
33
18:00
85.0%
7.2 min
306
306
19:00
75.8%
14.3 min
550
555
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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63
63
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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122
122
22:00
82.8%
7.1 min
476
482
23:00
83.5%
8.4 min
762
769
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
13.66.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,3166580
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.9%
13.0 min
1,278
1,292
Tuesday
84.6%
8.6 min
1,210
1,222
Wednesday
81.9%
9.6 min
1,215
1,222
Thursday
83.1%
10.5 min
1,285
1,294
Friday
79.7%
11.8 min
1,293
1,301
Saturday
82.2%
11.3 min
1,305
1,316
Sunday
79.7%
13.6 min
1,297
1,308
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
16.38.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0355180
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
80.6%
13.6 min
769
779
Feb
80.5%
16.3 min
660
662
Mar
79.2%
10.8 min
847
848
Apr
83.4%
7.0 min
767
770
May
82.7%
10.8 min
838
841
Jun
84.6%
7.1 min
1,002
1,012
Jul
80.9%
12.2 min
1,021
1,035
Aug
82.3%
15.6 min
402
404
Sep
89.4%
9.2 min
293
293
Oct
79.2%
14.0 min
616
618
Nov
83.9%
9.8 min
774
782
Dec
79.5%
11.4 min
894
911
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 time81.2%7,270
Delayed >15 min18.0%1,613
Cancelled0.8%72
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.