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 delay08:00–09:007.8min · 556 recorded · 556 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.8min08:00 ↔ 09:00
Recorded flights2,632HNL–SMF
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
24.612.30.0
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
6243120
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
No observations
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07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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135
136
08:00
88.9%
7.8 min
556
556
09:00
81.0%
24.6 min
268
271
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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24
24
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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193
193
12:00
82.2%
14.4 min
426
427
13:00
79.5%
11.4 min
624
624
14:00
76.5%
15.9 min
276
278
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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123
123
16:00
No observations
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17:00
No observations
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18:00
No observations
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19:00
No observations
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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
16.58.20.0
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
80.8%
15.1 min
374
376
Tuesday
83.4%
14.0 min
374
376
Wednesday
84.5%
9.4 min
375
376
Thursday
85.6%
10.1 min
375
376
Friday
79.7%
12.6 min
375
376
Saturday
79.5%
11.5 min
376
376
Sunday
85.4%
16.5 min
376
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
24.312.10.0
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
80.5%
17.1 min
246
248
Feb
87.8%
5.0 min
222
224
Mar
87.1%
7.0 min
248
248
Apr
81.3%
11.5 min
240
240
May
88.7%
4.6 min
248
248
Jun
79.2%
17.0 min
240
240
Jul
75.9%
24.3 min
245
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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124
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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120
120
Oct
83.3%
10.6 min
204
204
Nov
87.5%
11.9 min
240
240
Dec
78.6%
19.9 min
248
248
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 time82.5%2,171
Delayed >15 min17.2%454
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.