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 delay08:00–09:001.6min · 220 recorded · 213 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour19.3min08:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights3,130IAD–LGA
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
20.910.50.0
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
5542770
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
No observations
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06:00
93.3%
3.3 min
420
442
07:00
No observations
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08:00
92.5%
1.6 min
213
220
09:00
No observations
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10:00
84.5%
6.0 min
213
220
11:00
No observations
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12:00
84.1%
8.6 min
529
554
13:00
No observations
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14:00
69.7%
20.9 min
524
551
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
16:00
No observations
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17:00
77.2%
16.2 min
325
351
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
19:00
75.6%
16.6 min
316
344
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
21:00
No observations
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22:00
80.0%
14.5 min
410
435
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
18.89.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4752380
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.4%
11.3 min
419
457
Tuesday
84.0%
6.4 min
413
433
Wednesday
81.2%
11.8 min
399
419
Thursday
78.1%
15.4 min
411
437
Friday
76.0%
18.8 min
454
475
Saturday
85.6%
7.1 min
436
451
Sunday
83.1%
12.7 min
431
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
29.114.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4602300
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.6%
5.6 min
231
247
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
204
Mar
73.3%
17.9 min
206
233
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
May
82.5%
6.1 min
269
275
Jun
71.2%
29.1 min
219
238
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
210
Aug
85.4%
10.1 min
206
214
Sep
85.5%
4.5 min
214
222
Oct
86.2%
8.5 min
355
357
Nov
83.2%
7.3 min
387
413
Dec
78.1%
13.7 min
448
460
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 time76.8%2,405
Delayed >15 min17.8%558
Cancelled5.3%167
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.