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 delay09:00–10:000.7min · 1,168 recorded · 1,161 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.7min09:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights7,955IAD–MCO
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
25.512.70.0
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
1,1685840
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
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66
67
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
12
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
08:00
91.2%
2.5 min
1,021
1,029
09:00
91.9%
0.7 min
1,161
1,168
10:00
86.5%
6.0 min
245
250
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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193
195
12:00
86.2%
8.2 min
878
884
13:00
82.9%
12.8 min
513
519
14:00
78.1%
19.1 min
365
369
15:00
81.2%
14.0 min
292
294
16:00
78.7%
17.0 min
807
814
17:00
78.5%
16.7 min
752
758
18:00
78.1%
14.3 min
201
203
19:00
69.8%
25.5 min
679
685
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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28
29
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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36
36
22:00
80.6%
10.0 min
625
627
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
19.69.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,2076040
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.0%
12.9 min
1,169
1,178
Tuesday
88.5%
5.6 min
1,001
1,007
Wednesday
87.2%
6.8 min
1,020
1,023
Thursday
84.8%
10.8 min
1,175
1,181
Friday
81.8%
8.9 min
1,205
1,207
Saturday
82.6%
11.0 min
1,148
1,153
Sunday
77.4%
19.6 min
1,171
1,206
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
21.210.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8604300
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.9%
9.8 min
738
755
Feb
86.0%
8.7 min
712
714
Mar
83.5%
13.3 min
816
828
Apr
89.3%
2.9 min
858
860
May
81.5%
10.9 min
807
807
Jun
79.6%
15.9 min
732
734
Jul
74.0%
21.2 min
685
705
Aug
79.1%
18.5 min
354
356
Sep
93.0%
0.0 min
342
342
Oct
88.1%
7.7 min
514
514
Nov
85.4%
7.4 min
663
668
Dec
79.8%
14.1 min
668
672
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 time82.6%6,569
Delayed >15 min16.6%1,320
Cancelled0.8%66
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.