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 delay10:00–11:00-0.7min · 462 recorded · 459 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.5min10:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,971IAD–IND
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
16.78.0-0.7
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
7293650
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
—
146
147
06:00
No observations
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—
07:00
No observations
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08:00
91.3%
2.8 min
623
628
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
125
10:00
92.2%
-0.7 min
459
462
11:00
No observations
—
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—
12:00
88.4%
4.0 min
724
729
13:00
No observations
—
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—
14:00
84.3%
6.7 min
635
643
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
89
16:00
No observations
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17:00
81.1%
16.7 min
481
490
18:00
No observations
—
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19:00
84.3%
8.6 min
508
522
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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133
136
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
10.55.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5872940
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
90.0%
5.9 min
568
580
Tuesday
90.1%
2.8 min
544
551
Wednesday
89.1%
4.8 min
551
557
Thursday
84.6%
10.5 min
571
574
Friday
83.6%
9.7 min
578
581
Saturday
88.4%
7.7 min
535
541
Sunday
85.5%
5.6 min
574
587
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
15.57.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4012010
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
88.0%
4.6 min
300
321
Feb
89.1%
0.2 min
304
306
Mar
85.0%
10.1 min
373
373
Apr
91.2%
2.5 min
397
397
May
92.8%
4.9 min
388
390
Jun
84.2%
11.3 min
398
401
Jul
80.4%
15.5 min
346
363
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
Oct
89.6%
3.8 min
328
328
Nov
89.6%
4.8 min
386
388
Dec
82.0%
10.4 min
339
340
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 time86.2%3,422
Delayed >15 min12.6%499
Cancelled1.3%50
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.