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 delay08:00–09:001.0min · 906 recorded · 901 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.8min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,191IAD–LAS
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
19.79.90.0
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
9064530
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
72
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
189
08:00
93.2%
1.0 min
901
906
09:00
83.2%
5.6 min
375
375
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
88.2%
7.5 min
476
477
13:00
85.3%
7.9 min
699
703
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
87
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
23
23
17:00
75.1%
19.7 min
249
250
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
19:00
82.6%
9.6 min
276
277
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
90
21:00
No observations
—
—
—
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
139
23:00
87.4%
4.7 min
570
575
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
13.56.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6143070
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.1%
10.1 min
608
611
Tuesday
88.0%
3.9 min
568
569
Wednesday
87.8%
4.7 min
590
590
Thursday
83.7%
9.0 min
606
607
Friday
83.2%
9.0 min
613
614
Saturday
84.6%
7.0 min
585
589
Sunday
82.8%
13.5 min
603
611
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
17.58.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4612310
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.0%
9.6 min
352
362
Feb
87.1%
4.7 min
348
348
Mar
85.7%
10.8 min
357
360
Apr
88.8%
4.2 min
400
402
May
84.8%
9.7 min
460
461
Jun
72.4%
15.6 min
402
402
Jul
75.6%
17.5 min
430
430
Aug
83.6%
9.4 min
238
238
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
181
181
Oct
94.1%
1.1 min
306
306
Nov
89.0%
3.6 min
354
356
Dec
87.8%
6.0 min
345
345
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 time84.5%3,540
Delayed >15 min15.1%633
Cancelled0.4%18
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.