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 delay08:00–09:000.0min · 414 recorded · 406 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.8min08:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,970LGA–MEM
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
24.812.40.0
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
4902450
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
47
06:00
92.0%
4.6 min
474
490
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
172
08:00
91.9%
0.0 min
406
414
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
98
11:00
83.1%
6.3 min
409
416
12:00
85.5%
3.6 min
268
269
13:00
78.1%
12.5 min
328
348
14:00
76.2%
11.7 min
327
344
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
156
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
161
17:00
67.9%
24.2 min
218
239
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
193
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
119
20:00
69.5%
24.8 min
374
404
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
22:00
No observations
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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
13.36.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6173090
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.8%
8.7 min
587
617
Tuesday
86.0%
6.8 min
558
589
Wednesday
82.2%
9.7 min
591
613
Thursday
80.3%
13.3 min
583
604
Friday
77.9%
12.3 min
565
589
Saturday
85.0%
9.8 min
380
386
Sunday
77.2%
12.8 min
543
572
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
21.510.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4332170
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
80.6%
9.0 min
258
274
Feb
86.4%
5.8 min
236
251
Mar
73.7%
18.7 min
312
329
Apr
85.4%
6.2 min
350
352
May
80.8%
10.9 min
427
433
Jun
83.3%
11.2 min
382
410
Jul
75.9%
21.5 min
361
418
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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170
174
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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172
172
Oct
84.5%
6.4 min
355
358
Nov
85.2%
5.2 min
413
420
Dec
75.7%
13.5 min
371
379
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 time78.1%3,102
Delayed >15 min17.8%705
Cancelled4.1%163
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.