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 delay06:00–07:00-0.7min · 509 recorded · 497 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.8min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights4,543LGA–SDF
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
16.17.7-0.7
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
6073040
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
No observations
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06:00
92.6%
-0.7 min
497
509
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
191
192
08:00
90.9%
0.6 min
331
337
09:00
90.2%
1.1 min
478
482
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
168
11:00
84.9%
2.6 min
298
307
12:00
89.2%
3.7 min
599
607
13:00
89.0%
2.5 min
319
326
14:00
83.8%
6.9 min
253
265
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
38
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
209
17:00
79.0%
14.9 min
495
514
18:00
74.5%
16.1 min
486
512
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
77
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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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
10.35.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7173590
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.5%
5.8 min
690
717
Tuesday
89.0%
2.9 min
681
707
Wednesday
86.7%
4.3 min
694
703
Thursday
84.4%
6.3 min
681
702
Friday
83.2%
10.3 min
698
706
Saturday
89.0%
2.2 min
344
346
Sunday
84.9%
6.1 min
630
662
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
15.47.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5092550
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.4%
3.3 min
352
370
Feb
81.8%
10.8 min
341
352
Mar
86.7%
2.7 min
413
436
Apr
87.8%
2.2 min
449
451
May
83.2%
8.0 min
499
509
Jun
83.8%
10.5 min
400
412
Jul
81.3%
15.4 min
379
408
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
181
182
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
195
Oct
89.9%
2.6 min
356
360
Nov
88.9%
1.3 min
441
450
Dec
84.3%
4.4 min
414
418
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 time83.5%3,795
Delayed >15 min13.7%623
Cancelled2.8%125
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.