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 delay08:00–09:001.1min · 622 recorded · 619 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour6.7min08:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights2,228IAD–MIA
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
7.83.90.0
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
6873440
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
No observations
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07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
08:00
94.2%
1.1 min
619
622
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
185
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
15
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
145
13:00
87.1%
7.8 min
684
687
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
12
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
80
80
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
164
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
51
51
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
12
12
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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28
30
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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9
10
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
16.17.3-1.6
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3531770
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.9%
16.1 min
348
353
Tuesday
90.8%
4.2 min
260
260
Wednesday
94.0%
-1.6 min
265
265
Thursday
83.2%
10.1 min
333
336
Friday
86.9%
6.1 min
352
352
Saturday
85.9%
9.3 min
319
319
Sunday
80.3%
14.0 min
335
343
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
13.36.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2601300
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.3%
5.6 min
251
260
Feb
83.6%
10.9 min
225
226
Mar
81.8%
13.3 min
247
247
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
196
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
172
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
166
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
106
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
94
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
149
149
Nov
88.9%
7.0 min
208
208
Dec
88.3%
6.8 min
240
240
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 time85.7%1,910
Delayed >15 min13.6%302
Cancelled0.7%16
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.