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 delay06:00–07:001.7min · 324 recorded · 318 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.0min06:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights5,927LAS–PHL
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
27.713.80.0
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
6623310
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
—
83
85
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
39
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
06:00
95.0%
1.7 min
318
324
07:00
84.3%
11.0 min
376
382
08:00
85.0%
7.9 min
585
594
09:00
87.9%
7.1 min
398
403
10:00
79.1%
15.0 min
436
440
11:00
78.9%
21.0 min
275
277
12:00
79.7%
10.1 min
231
232
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
53
53
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
106
15:00
74.1%
23.2 min
293
297
16:00
71.4%
20.8 min
308
311
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
106
18:00
69.3%
18.4 min
300
306
19:00
63.3%
27.7 min
278
289
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
106
21:00
77.5%
15.9 min
360
367
22:00
78.5%
13.9 min
643
662
23:00
82.3%
11.2 min
503
515
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
17.08.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9084540
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.7%
15.2 min
874
896
Tuesday
83.1%
8.5 min
780
794
Wednesday
82.1%
10.1 min
793
797
Thursday
78.6%
13.7 min
873
884
Friday
79.3%
12.8 min
897
908
Saturday
80.9%
16.1 min
742
754
Sunday
79.5%
17.0 min
866
894
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
33.016.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7333670
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.4%
8.2 min
411
426
Feb
87.2%
5.3 min
382
396
Mar
82.2%
15.4 min
472
480
Apr
79.6%
12.7 min
690
692
May
82.6%
11.0 min
719
733
Jun
71.6%
18.5 min
570
583
Jul
64.2%
33.0 min
581
607
Aug
77.7%
13.6 min
305
305
Sep
81.1%
13.4 min
249
249
Oct
86.6%
9.0 min
522
522
Nov
87.5%
3.9 min
455
458
Dec
81.5%
10.6 min
469
476
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 time78.7%4,663
Delayed >15 min19.6%1,162
Cancelled1.7%102
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.