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 → Nov 1, 2025
Lowest average delay06:00–07:00-2.7min · 235 recorded · 231 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.4min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights2,088LGA–TYS
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
12.75.0-2.7
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
3051530
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
—
42
43
06:00
95.2%
-2.7 min
231
235
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
08:00
90.5%
-0.5 min
221
225
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
98
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
77
78
11:00
85.7%
7.3 min
231
233
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
85
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
168
14:00
86.9%
1.2 min
214
217
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
41
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
61
17:00
77.6%
12.7 min
290
305
18:00
81.0%
10.4 min
231
241
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
4
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
47
22:00
No observations
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—
23:00
No observations
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—
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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
12.46.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3441720
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
88.0%
4.1 min
333
344
Tuesday
85.5%
6.3 min
332
341
Wednesday
88.1%
5.2 min
328
336
Thursday
79.3%
12.4 min
319
331
Friday
83.0%
5.1 min
312
324
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
120
Sunday
85.7%
6.7 min
286
292
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
5.92.1-1.7
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3011510
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
149
156
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
144
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
156
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
164
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
152
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
152
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
147
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
146
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Oct
85.6%
5.9 min
208
210
Nov
89.4%
-1.7 min
301
301
Dec
86.6%
3.2 min
291
292
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 time83.0%1,732
Delayed >15 min14.2%297
Cancelled2.8%59
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.