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 delay08:00–09:002.9min · 886 recorded · 881 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.7min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,125IAD–PHX
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
16.78.30.0
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
8864430
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
—
5
5
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
87
08:00
92.5%
2.9 min
881
886
09:00
89.1%
3.2 min
358
358
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
150
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
157
12:00
88.6%
5.7 min
394
398
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
15:00
82.4%
7.6 min
313
314
16:00
66.0%
16.3 min
209
210
17:00
77.4%
16.7 min
792
796
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
59
60
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
43
43
20:00
No observations
—
—
—
21:00
No observations
—
—
—
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
12
12
23:00
91.2%
4.5 min
340
345
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
13.97.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6083040
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.1%
7.2 min
596
602
Tuesday
85.8%
7.4 min
569
572
Wednesday
84.8%
7.5 min
574
576
Thursday
85.2%
6.2 min
587
588
Friday
83.8%
8.7 min
600
600
Saturday
84.3%
8.0 min
578
579
Sunday
81.5%
13.9 min
599
608
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
21.010.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4822410
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.4%
6.0 min
360
370
Feb
89.1%
2.0 min
350
350
Mar
84.4%
7.6 min
480
482
Apr
84.4%
6.6 min
422
422
May
82.1%
10.4 min
418
418
Jun
81.7%
15.3 min
246
246
Jul
77.2%
21.0 min
241
246
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
177
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
174
Oct
84.3%
6.2 min
324
324
Nov
85.3%
7.4 min
448
452
Dec
85.6%
7.1 min
464
464
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 time83.7%3,454
Delayed >15 min15.7%649
Cancelled0.5%22
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.
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