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 delay05:00–06:002.2min · 413 recorded · 410 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.0min05:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights3,597LAX–STL
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
25.212.60.0
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
7163580
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
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05:00
92.9%
2.2 min
410
413
06:00
89.6%
8.5 min
708
716
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
166
08:00
83.7%
9.4 min
264
264
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
77
77
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
110
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
110
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
80
80
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
145
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
73
73
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
45
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
77
17:00
79.4%
8.2 min
345
348
18:00
74.5%
13.0 min
475
478
19:00
58.0%
25.2 min
219
222
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
98
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
132
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
43
23:00
No observations
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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
5542770
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
71.3%
17.0 min
540
552
Tuesday
80.0%
13.4 min
485
487
Wednesday
82.3%
8.2 min
469
470
Thursday
72.2%
13.0 min
525
526
Friday
76.4%
15.8 min
554
554
Saturday
77.3%
10.0 min
466
468
Sunday
74.0%
12.5 min
535
540
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
18.69.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3791900
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.9%
8.1 min
254
264
Feb
78.7%
16.0 min
239
239
Mar
76.4%
12.8 min
314
317
Apr
75.4%
10.6 min
305
309
May
74.7%
14.2 min
308
310
Jun
69.3%
17.3 min
355
355
Jul
69.6%
18.6 min
368
370
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
Oct
76.7%
12.1 min
330
330
Nov
79.9%
11.7 min
378
379
Dec
75.5%
11.1 min
376
376
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 time75.5%2,717
Delayed >15 min23.8%857
Cancelled0.6%23
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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