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 delay08:00–09:00-0.7min · 362 recorded · 360 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.4min08:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights2,382HOU–TUL
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
13.86.6-0.7
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
3621810
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
196
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
136
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
193
08:00
95.6%
-0.7 min
360
362
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
62
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
38
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
89
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
184
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
148
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
112
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
61
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
169
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
148
22:00
67.8%
13.8 min
233
234
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
12.86.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4742370
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.2%
5.7 min
317
318
Tuesday
87.0%
4.2 min
284
288
Wednesday
85.5%
4.9 min
282
284
Thursday
84.0%
4.8 min
313
316
Friday
86.3%
6.8 min
322
324
Saturday
81.0%
7.8 min
374
378
Sunday
77.1%
12.8 min
471
474
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
12.35.9-0.4
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2421210
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
92.9%
-0.4 min
225
242
Feb
88.4%
1.3 min
224
224
Mar
76.6%
12.3 min
226
226
Apr
85.9%
3.6 min
212
212
May
75.9%
12.3 min
224
224
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
197
198
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
116
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
110
Oct
88.7%
2.1 min
230
230
Nov
86.1%
5.6 min
208
208
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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192
192
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 time82.4%1,962
Delayed >15 min16.8%401
Cancelled0.8%19
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.