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 delay13:00–14:00-0.9min · 634 recorded · 634 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.0min13:00 ↔ 06:00
Recorded flights4,182IDA–SLC
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
13.16.1-0.9
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
6543270
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
138
06:00
90.5%
13.1 min
518
520
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
170
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
11:00
92.7%
0.5 min
626
626
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
13:00
93.9%
-0.9 min
634
634
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
46
17:00
90.9%
4.9 min
549
551
18:00
90.4%
5.8 min
477
479
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
118
20:00
No observations
—
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21:00
78.5%
12.7 min
650
654
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
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
8.84.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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6123060
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
88.8%
8.8 min
608
612
Tuesday
91.5%
3.3 min
602
602
Wednesday
90.3%
7.7 min
597
600
Thursday
90.1%
4.3 min
603
604
Friday
90.7%
4.7 min
612
612
Saturday
90.9%
2.2 min
551
552
Sunday
88.4%
3.8 min
597
600
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
17.56.9-3.7
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4842420
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.9%
11.3 min
340
342
Feb
86.1%
10.7 min
310
312
Mar
91.8%
2.7 min
366
366
Apr
89.7%
9.8 min
360
360
May
88.4%
6.5 min
422
422
Jun
93.3%
-1.7 min
460
460
Jul
89.2%
7.2 min
482
484
Aug
92.2%
0.8 min
244
244
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
Oct
93.6%
-2.3 min
296
296
Nov
95.9%
-3.7 min
342
346
Dec
85.6%
17.5 min
354
356
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 time89.8%3,757
Delayed >15 min9.9%413
Cancelled0.3%12
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.