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 delay23:00–00:00-0.8min · 225 recorded · 224 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.2min23:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights2,870IND–LAX
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
19.49.3-0.8
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
5692850
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
115
07:00
90.9%
2.9 min
308
309
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
09:00
85.5%
8.3 min
509
513
10:00
77.8%
18.8 min
419
420
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
14
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
40
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
25
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
6
6
16:00
74.3%
19.4 min
440
441
17:00
81.5%
11.3 min
563
569
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
15
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
12
12
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
76
23:00
89.7%
-0.8 min
224
225
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
23.511.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4632320
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.9%
13.6 min
453
457
Tuesday
85.5%
7.2 min
372
376
Wednesday
88.4%
5.5 min
362
362
Thursday
81.3%
11.3 min
449
449
Friday
84.0%
13.9 min
461
463
Saturday
74.4%
23.5 min
328
329
Sunday
78.3%
13.7 min
428
434
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
18.69.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3141570
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.5%
10.4 min
223
228
Feb
86.0%
18.1 min
214
216
Mar
83.3%
8.6 min
270
270
Apr
82.7%
5.7 min
266
266
May
76.2%
15.5 min
303
305
Jun
79.8%
16.7 min
307
309
Jul
75.6%
18.6 min
312
314
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
143
143
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
126
128
Oct
87.7%
6.5 min
211
211
Nov
87.4%
7.2 min
222
224
Dec
81.3%
14.3 min
256
256
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 time81.5%2,340
Delayed >15 min17.9%513
Cancelled0.6%17
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.