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 delay06:00–07:00-0.2min · 382 recorded · 380 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.8min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,626HOU–TPA
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
26.613.2-0.2
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
5432720
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
92.6%
2.4 min
540
543
06:00
96.6%
-0.2 min
380
382
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
73
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
43
43
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
10:00
83.1%
11.0 min
325
328
11:00
85.7%
9.0 min
329
331
12:00
79.5%
13.7 min
210
210
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
100
14:00
58.4%
21.8 min
214
216
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
38
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
37
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
73
18:00
74.4%
13.7 min
382
384
19:00
64.3%
19.0 min
364
365
20:00
52.5%
26.6 min
446
450
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
25
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
15.37.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5632820
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.4%
15.3 min
541
545
Tuesday
82.5%
9.8 min
458
463
Wednesday
80.8%
8.9 min
453
455
Thursday
74.4%
13.3 min
535
538
Friday
76.0%
13.4 min
549
551
Saturday
76.4%
12.1 min
509
511
Sunday
74.4%
14.3 min
558
563
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
18.19.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3681840
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.9%
5.2 min
311
318
Feb
82.0%
8.0 min
311
312
Mar
72.3%
16.1 min
361
368
Apr
80.2%
9.4 min
343
343
May
77.0%
13.4 min
356
357
Jun
65.9%
17.8 min
346
349
Jul
68.4%
18.1 min
361
363
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
160
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Oct
76.4%
12.2 min
258
258
Nov
79.4%
10.5 min
321
321
Dec
72.9%
17.0 min
321
323
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 time76.1%2,760
Delayed >15 min23.2%843
Cancelled0.6%23
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.