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 26, 2026
Lowest average delay22:00–23:001.3min · 574 recorded · 571 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.5min22:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights2,407LAS–RDU
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
23.811.90.0
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
5742870
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
50
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
183
07:00
87.8%
4.7 min
558
559
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
36
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
61
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
105
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
112
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
88
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
124
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
90
16:00
53.9%
23.8 min
217
220
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
88
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
20:00
No observations
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—
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
38
22:00
89.7%
1.3 min
571
574
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
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
13.16.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3741870
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
74.8%
11.7 min
349
351
Tuesday
84.1%
7.5 min
301
302
Wednesday
84.4%
5.8 min
307
307
Thursday
76.9%
10.7 min
350
350
Friday
75.5%
13.1 min
355
358
Saturday
83.3%
6.0 min
360
365
Sunday
76.2%
10.6 min
370
374
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
12.26.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2631320
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.0%
9.9 min
232
244
Feb
81.4%
7.6 min
226
226
Mar
82.7%
9.3 min
248
248
Apr
80.8%
7.5 min
240
240
May
75.3%
12.2 min
263
263
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
173
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
131
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Nov
82.1%
6.3 min
212
212
Dec
76.7%
9.1 min
202
202
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 time78.6%1,892
Delayed >15 min20.8%500
Cancelled0.6%15
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.