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 delay06:00–07:000.9min · 412 recorded · 410 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.3min06:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights8,688JFK–SAN
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
22.311.10.0
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
1,2766380
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
92.7%
0.9 min
410
412
07:00
91.9%
4.5 min
1,252
1,276
08:00
87.9%
6.4 min
719
733
09:00
92.6%
2.3 min
326
328
10:00
86.0%
6.6 min
363
368
11:00
74.9%
15.7 min
434
445
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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122
126
13:00
72.7%
19.8 min
671
683
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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90
94
15:00
83.1%
11.4 min
360
371
16:00
82.2%
7.9 min
1,090
1,113
17:00
81.8%
9.7 min
506
519
18:00
No observations
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19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
20:00
79.0%
12.1 min
785
806
21:00
81.4%
8.1 min
849
871
22:00
82.4%
22.3 min
533
540
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
11.85.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,2796400
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.1%
11.7 min
1,238
1,278
Tuesday
86.9%
6.5 min
1,188
1,216
Wednesday
84.9%
8.6 min
1,236
1,247
Thursday
82.7%
11.4 min
1,251
1,263
Friday
82.8%
9.9 min
1,259
1,275
Saturday
82.7%
8.5 min
1,101
1,130
Sunday
81.1%
11.8 min
1,240
1,279
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
18.19.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8564280
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.9%
10.6 min
677
701
Feb
82.6%
12.1 min
585
620
Mar
83.7%
8.2 min
780
788
Apr
90.7%
2.6 min
825
827
May
84.3%
7.3 min
842
850
Jun
80.6%
13.3 min
821
828
Jul
75.6%
18.1 min
803
856
Aug
84.6%
8.8 min
421
422
Sep
86.3%
8.9 min
402
412
Oct
86.8%
7.3 min
699
704
Nov
86.9%
6.0 min
829
833
Dec
79.9%
14.3 min
829
847
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 time81.9%7,116
Delayed >15 min16.1%1,397
Cancelled2.0%175
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.