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 delay06:00–07:001.4min · 351 recorded · 349 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.7min06:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights3,280HOU–SAN
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
25.112.60.0
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
4552280
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
06:00
96.9%
1.4 min
349
351
07:00
90.3%
4.1 min
321
323
08:00
90.7%
4.2 min
452
455
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
136
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
48
12:00
72.9%
13.0 min
236
237
13:00
59.1%
19.9 min
208
208
14:00
53.3%
25.1 min
272
272
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
105
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
128
18:00
53.4%
23.7 min
208
210
19:00
56.5%
23.2 min
324
327
20:00
53.3%
22.7 min
225
227
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
23:00
No observations
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—
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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
18.19.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5042520
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.5%
12.0 min
501
504
Tuesday
77.0%
10.5 min
466
472
Wednesday
75.3%
11.9 min
465
468
Thursday
65.8%
18.1 min
494
496
Friday
72.2%
17.5 min
496
500
Saturday
77.8%
10.2 min
382
382
Sunday
69.1%
15.6 min
456
458
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
21.810.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3541770
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.2%
7.7 min
267
273
Feb
82.3%
8.6 min
254
254
Mar
76.1%
11.9 min
318
318
Apr
75.4%
10.7 min
301
301
May
63.2%
18.8 min
299
300
Jun
60.8%
20.7 min
337
337
Jul
61.3%
21.8 min
354
354
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
130
130
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
120
Oct
75.7%
10.6 min
267
268
Nov
78.8%
10.0 min
293
300
Dec
67.3%
18.4 min
321
325
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 time72.3%2,372
Delayed >15 min27.1%888
Cancelled0.6%20
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.