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 delay09:00–10:001.0min · 447 recorded · 443 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.7min09:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights5,140IAD–SAN
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
15.87.90.0
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
1,2576290
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
—
70
70
08:00
90.3%
4.6 min
1,251
1,257
09:00
91.7%
1.0 min
443
447
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
11:00
No observations
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12:00
88.3%
4.1 min
916
917
13:00
86.2%
7.2 min
391
393
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
10
17:00
82.3%
8.1 min
705
708
18:00
80.7%
15.8 min
487
489
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
73
73
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
21:00
88.0%
9.7 min
466
469
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
150
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
12.26.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7503750
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.6%
5.3 min
739
742
Tuesday
89.6%
3.5 min
723
724
Wednesday
88.6%
5.9 min
730
732
Thursday
84.9%
7.5 min
742
744
Friday
85.1%
12.2 min
750
750
Saturday
87.7%
6.7 min
697
698
Sunday
84.1%
8.3 min
736
750
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
15.27.2-0.9
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4922460
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.1%
8.6 min
461
472
Feb
87.3%
3.7 min
424
424
Mar
86.0%
7.5 min
479
481
Apr
89.1%
5.5 min
458
461
May
90.0%
5.8 min
488
488
Jun
86.0%
7.2 min
480
480
Jul
77.5%
15.2 min
488
492
Aug
87.4%
5.0 min
246
248
Sep
93.7%
-0.9 min
237
238
Oct
91.5%
3.5 min
398
398
Nov
87.1%
6.0 min
466
466
Dec
84.6%
11.6 min
492
492
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%4,440
Delayed >15 min13.2%677
Cancelled0.4%23
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.