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 delay08:00–09:004.3min · 259 recorded · 250 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.9min08:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights10,269JFK–SEA
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
19.29.60.0
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
2,2321,1160
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
94
07:00
91.0%
4.8 min
2,180
2,232
08:00
86.4%
4.3 min
250
259
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
126
10:00
72.0%
13.6 min
207
214
11:00
79.0%
13.5 min
1,569
1,593
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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24
24
13:00
74.8%
17.9 min
345
351
14:00
72.0%
17.7 min
658
671
15:00
79.1%
16.6 min
287
289
16:00
76.8%
14.9 min
1,405
1,435
17:00
75.7%
17.1 min
263
271
18:00
69.9%
19.2 min
631
649
19:00
77.5%
12.2 min
454
461
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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100
104
21:00
76.2%
11.1 min
362
369
22:00
74.9%
15.8 min
649
664
23:00
78.1%
11.9 min
457
462
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
14.97.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,4747370
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.4%
14.9 min
1,434
1,471
Tuesday
82.5%
10.3 min
1,432
1,463
Wednesday
82.8%
10.2 min
1,459
1,468
Thursday
77.9%
12.9 min
1,438
1,458
Friday
78.0%
12.4 min
1,451
1,474
Saturday
81.4%
12.5 min
1,422
1,461
Sunday
76.3%
14.9 min
1,424
1,474
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
25.412.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1165580
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
76.8%
13.4 min
684
701
Feb
83.6%
9.2 min
652
685
Mar
80.3%
10.2 min
852
863
Apr
85.3%
6.9 min
902
906
May
80.2%
12.7 min
1,071
1,084
Jun
72.9%
19.1 min
1,068
1,080
Jul
69.9%
25.4 min
1,053
1,116
Aug
75.4%
14.6 min
552
556
Sep
85.7%
5.7 min
537
540
Oct
85.8%
7.9 min
854
864
Nov
86.7%
4.9 min
924
937
Dec
77.0%
14.6 min
911
937
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 time78.0%8,008
Delayed >15 min20.0%2,052
Cancelled2.0%209
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.