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 delay06:00–07:00-0.3min · 218 recorded · 217 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.5min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights6,894IAD–SEA
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
17.28.4-0.3
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
1,0275140
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
94.5%
-0.3 min
217
218
07:00
86.1%
9.9 min
1,019
1,027
08:00
93.1%
2.4 min
990
993
09:00
82.8%
6.9 min
763
768
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
190
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
13:00
91.1%
4.6 min
372
373
14:00
No observations
—
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15:00
71.3%
16.9 min
275
279
16:00
78.1%
13.8 min
424
425
17:00
80.8%
13.7 min
693
697
18:00
70.1%
17.2 min
448
454
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
114
20:00
No observations
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21:00
74.0%
10.6 min
315
316
22:00
74.4%
15.6 min
433
437
23:00
79.2%
12.4 min
398
404
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
11.85.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0285140
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.3%
8.9 min
1,019
1,025
Tuesday
84.3%
8.2 min
934
938
Wednesday
85.2%
7.7 min
947
949
Thursday
84.3%
9.7 min
1,012
1,017
Friday
80.8%
9.2 min
1,023
1,028
Saturday
81.5%
11.3 min
904
913
Sunday
80.6%
11.8 min
1,009
1,024
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
9144570
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.6%
11.6 min
403
412
Feb
81.9%
11.7 min
371
374
Mar
78.9%
12.1 min
464
466
Apr
85.3%
4.6 min
565
567
May
84.1%
6.4 min
807
809
Jun
79.2%
10.8 min
865
876
Jul
79.3%
15.8 min
908
914
Aug
81.0%
12.6 min
441
443
Sep
91.1%
1.0 min
358
358
Oct
85.9%
6.6 min
554
558
Nov
86.2%
8.2 min
596
599
Dec
82.4%
9.2 min
516
518
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 time82.1%5,663
Delayed >15 min17.2%1,185
Cancelled0.7%46
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.