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 delay06:00–07:002.4min · 512 recorded · 501 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.2min06:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights3,180LSE–ORD
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
18.69.30.0
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
5122560
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
—
98
103
06:00
93.6%
2.4 min
501
512
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
168
09:00
85.8%
5.1 min
260
268
10:00
85.7%
7.5 min
252
254
11:00
78.5%
15.8 min
265
270
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
56
13:00
No observations
—
—
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14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
190
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
67
16:00
76.6%
14.3 min
359
366
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
107
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
214
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
0
1
20:00
78.0%
15.4 min
232
236
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
37
22:00
74.5%
18.6 min
271
295
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
35
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
17.18.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4702350
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.2%
11.3 min
447
470
Tuesday
86.5%
7.0 min
436
447
Wednesday
81.3%
10.6 min
432
446
Thursday
80.6%
10.8 min
448
460
Friday
78.9%
17.1 min
454
467
Saturday
81.8%
7.7 min
411
424
Sunday
78.2%
12.6 min
444
466
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
20.010.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3681840
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
79.7%
10.0 min
236
241
Feb
82.9%
13.2 min
228
228
Mar
83.3%
13.9 min
216
242
Apr
83.4%
10.7 min
332
346
May
88.0%
3.9 min
365
368
Jun
79.6%
11.8 min
353
360
Jul
72.3%
20.0 min
357
368
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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162
166
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
166
Oct
84.8%
4.8 min
217
220
Nov
87.9%
8.6 min
257
282
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
193
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 time78.7%2,502
Delayed >15 min17.9%570
Cancelled3.4%108
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.