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 delay06:00–07:001.1min · 513 recorded · 510 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour12.5min06:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights7,043LAX–SAT
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
13.66.80.0
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
1,1165580
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
06:00
90.8%
1.1 min
510
513
07:00
92.2%
3.1 min
937
943
08:00
87.8%
10.9 min
392
394
09:00
89.2%
4.2 min
1,115
1,116
10:00
83.3%
11.7 min
209
210
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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105
105
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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197
197
13:00
71.2%
11.4 min
250
250
14:00
77.8%
13.6 min
437
439
15:00
81.5%
8.7 min
666
667
16:00
82.1%
11.3 min
554
556
17:00
78.1%
8.5 min
329
329
18:00
80.2%
10.4 min
947
954
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
158
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
139
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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39
39
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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6
6
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
11.25.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0655330
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.0%
11.2 min
1,054
1,065
Tuesday
84.7%
6.6 min
959
963
Wednesday
85.5%
5.7 min
961
962
Thursday
83.1%
6.9 min
1,033
1,038
Friday
84.5%
8.9 min
1,035
1,037
Saturday
83.3%
7.9 min
914
914
Sunday
80.9%
10.6 min
1,059
1,064
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
14.47.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7303650
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.3%
8.5 min
569
576
Feb
83.4%
9.0 min
505
505
Mar
83.8%
7.8 min
637
637
Apr
84.7%
6.5 min
652
652
May
79.0%
14.4 min
662
668
Jun
79.4%
13.5 min
661
664
Jul
82.4%
7.6 min
672
674
Aug
84.9%
4.3 min
364
364
Sep
87.4%
1.5 min
310
310
Oct
88.7%
6.0 min
565
567
Nov
86.1%
7.3 min
692
696
Dec
82.6%
7.8 min
726
730
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 time83.2%5,860
Delayed >15 min16.4%1,155
Cancelled0.4%28
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.