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 delay06:00–07:004.7min · 1,200 recorded · 1,187 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour27.9min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights13,980JFK–SJU
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
32.616.30.0
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
1,2526260
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
—
30
30
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
48
02:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
03:00
88.2%
7.2 min
211
216
04:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
145
05:00
87.2%
5.3 min
571
588
06:00
88.3%
4.7 min
1,187
1,200
07:00
93.1%
5.2 min
1,050
1,063
08:00
89.1%
4.7 min
1,194
1,219
09:00
83.7%
8.6 min
367
370
10:00
67.6%
18.5 min
352
366
11:00
73.0%
22.6 min
803
818
12:00
83.0%
9.8 min
923
927
13:00
74.8%
18.3 min
1,095
1,115
14:00
76.3%
18.0 min
682
708
15:00
65.7%
23.6 min
467
480
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
167
17:00
72.4%
17.4 min
700
718
18:00
73.1%
21.8 min
1,218
1,252
19:00
64.9%
26.1 min
797
808
20:00
59.4%
32.6 min
503
520
21:00
65.5%
21.0 min
798
813
22:00
60.6%
31.6 min
335
343
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
59
62
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
19.09.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2,0361,0180
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.0%
18.0 min
1,969
2,028
Tuesday
79.5%
13.5 min
1,896
1,937
Wednesday
80.7%
11.4 min
1,913
1,923
Thursday
77.1%
14.5 min
2,005
2,016
Friday
79.6%
14.3 min
2,002
2,031
Saturday
75.1%
17.8 min
1,948
2,009
Sunday
73.1%
19.0 min
1,967
2,036
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
32.716.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,4697350
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
71.2%
21.3 min
1,226
1,290
Feb
76.8%
16.9 min
1,167
1,221
Mar
77.4%
14.8 min
1,377
1,388
Apr
84.2%
7.2 min
1,358
1,360
May
86.6%
5.5 min
1,176
1,178
Jun
79.0%
12.6 min
1,261
1,277
Jul
63.9%
32.7 min
1,283
1,362
Aug
72.7%
21.4 min
714
718
Sep
85.0%
6.9 min
493
493
Oct
81.6%
14.5 min
932
937
Nov
81.4%
10.6 min
1,280
1,287
Dec
72.2%
18.5 min
1,433
1,469
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 time75.7%10,587
Delayed >15 min22.3%3,113
Cancelled2.0%280
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.
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