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 delay07:00–08:00-0.7min · 1,309 recorded · 1,303 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.9min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights6,159IAH–TPA
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
21.210.2-0.7
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
1,3096550
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
108
07:00
93.5%
-0.7 min
1,303
1,309
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
50
09:00
88.0%
4.9 min
574
576
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
80
11:00
89.7%
4.0 min
663
667
12:00
79.2%
11.6 min
732
735
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
132
14:00
83.5%
9.3 min
618
622
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
88
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
84
17:00
79.4%
17.0 min
737
743
18:00
73.4%
21.2 min
700
706
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
87
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
65
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
67
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
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
16.18.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9584790
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.7%
13.9 min
918
924
Tuesday
88.3%
5.3 min
787
798
Wednesday
87.4%
7.0 min
778
782
Thursday
84.9%
9.1 min
932
938
Friday
81.7%
14.3 min
895
900
Saturday
83.9%
8.9 min
857
859
Sunday
80.0%
16.1 min
949
958
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
26.913.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6133070
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.1%
5.6 min
572
581
Feb
91.6%
1.5 min
487
487
Mar
82.9%
20.5 min
603
613
Apr
85.6%
4.7 min
554
554
May
80.7%
13.4 min
590
591
Jun
72.5%
26.9 min
553
562
Jul
78.0%
17.5 min
568
568
Aug
80.0%
9.5 min
295
296
Sep
93.3%
0.7 min
270
270
Oct
85.7%
6.1 min
448
449
Nov
90.4%
4.7 min
585
593
Dec
82.2%
10.7 min
591
595
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 time83.2%5,125
Delayed >15 min16.1%991
Cancelled0.7%43
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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