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 delay21:00–22:005.0min · 466 recorded · 452 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour8.2min21:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights3,944LIH–SEA
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
13.26.60.0
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
5592800
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
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
173
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
115
10:00
78.5%
11.0 min
348
348
11:00
74.6%
13.2 min
279
280
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
195
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
189
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
189
15:00
81.6%
10.8 min
419
422
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
64
64
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
194
18:00
72.7%
12.3 min
458
461
19:00
No observations
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20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
121
21:00
88.5%
5.0 min
452
466
22:00
81.3%
8.1 min
545
559
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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165
168
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
5642820
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.5%
10.0 min
558
564
Tuesday
82.5%
6.8 min
559
564
Wednesday
82.1%
7.9 min
560
564
Thursday
84.1%
6.3 min
548
560
Friday
77.1%
12.4 min
554
564
Saturday
77.5%
10.7 min
561
564
Sunday
78.3%
12.3 min
557
564
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
3721860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
76.7%
12.2 min
364
372
Feb
77.8%
10.8 min
334
336
Mar
77.3%
14.0 min
365
372
Apr
89.7%
3.2 min
358
360
May
81.9%
6.3 min
371
372
Jun
73.3%
13.8 min
359
360
Jul
79.3%
10.0 min
363
372
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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186
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
Oct
86.1%
2.7 min
302
306
Nov
84.5%
6.7 min
354
356
Dec
71.6%
18.6 min
362
372
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 time79.1%3,118
Delayed >15 min19.8%779
Cancelled1.2%47
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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