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 delay08:00–09:00-0.0min · 527 recorded · 526 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour19.3min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,344IAD–RDU
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
19.29.6-0.0
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
5722860
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
94.7%
0.1 min
543
554
07:00
No observations
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—
08:00
92.4%
-0.0 min
526
527
09:00
No observations
—
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10:00
90.3%
0.9 min
568
572
11:00
No observations
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12:00
88.5%
3.3 min
365
371
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
196
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
88
91
15:00
85.5%
9.4 min
469
477
16:00
No observations
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17:00
80.4%
19.2 min
519
526
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
19:00
83.0%
11.6 min
352
358
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
119
21:00
No observations
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22:00
83.8%
9.3 min
538
552
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
9.54.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6513260
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.2%
9.2 min
626
638
Tuesday
91.5%
3.3 min
625
633
Wednesday
88.7%
6.6 min
639
642
Thursday
87.0%
4.7 min
640
651
Friday
86.1%
9.5 min
642
650
Saturday
90.8%
3.1 min
480
485
Sunday
85.7%
8.4 min
630
645
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
15.87.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5102550
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
89.8%
9.7 min
304
324
Feb
92.1%
6.1 min
264
267
Mar
85.2%
8.6 min
372
374
Apr
90.6%
1.3 min
403
403
May
85.4%
9.6 min
506
510
Jun
82.5%
13.7 min
418
427
Jul
80.3%
15.8 min
310
329
Aug
89.3%
3.1 min
214
215
Sep
90.6%
1.8 min
277
279
Oct
91.4%
0.9 min
338
338
Nov
92.9%
0.6 min
462
464
Dec
84.1%
5.9 min
414
414
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 time86.4%3,752
Delayed >15 min12.2%530
Cancelled1.4%62
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.