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 delay07:00–08:003.3min · 1,081 recorded · 1,063 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.0min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,228JFK–PDX
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
26.313.10.0
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
1,0815410
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
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
149
150
07:00
95.1%
3.3 min
1,063
1,081
08:00
92.2%
3.5 min
244
245
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
86
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
77
80
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
26
26
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
37
37
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
179
14:00
No observations
—
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15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
79
79
17:00
76.6%
14.9 min
661
683
18:00
67.3%
26.3 min
202
204
19:00
74.4%
12.4 min
207
210
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
82
21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
56
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
29
30
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
12.46.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4642320
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.4%
12.0 min
453
460
Tuesday
86.7%
7.4 min
445
460
Wednesday
86.7%
7.8 min
457
462
Thursday
83.4%
12.4 min
452
456
Friday
86.7%
9.8 min
459
464
Saturday
85.1%
7.4 min
456
464
Sunday
82.9%
10.2 min
451
462
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
20.79.9-0.9
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3721860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.4%
7.4 min
244
248
Feb
86.4%
7.7 min
213
224
Mar
84.7%
10.0 min
248
248
Apr
88.3%
3.8 min
240
240
May
85.8%
9.7 min
345
348
Jun
79.1%
14.7 min
358
360
Jul
78.0%
20.7 min
346
372
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
Oct
87.2%
5.9 min
304
306
Nov
95.5%
-0.9 min
265
268
Dec
82.5%
15.8 min
246
248
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 time83.6%2,697
Delayed >15 min14.7%476
Cancelled1.7%55
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.