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 delay11:00–12:0016.2min · 452 recorded · 445 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.7min11:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights3,746MBS–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
31.916.00.0
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
6113060
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
29
32
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
37
38
07:00
83.3%
22.0 min
484
491
08:00
No observations
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09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
136
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
173
11:00
72.8%
16.2 min
445
452
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
34
13:00
73.7%
17.0 min
479
487
14:00
72.3%
20.1 min
602
611
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
47
16:00
65.3%
31.9 min
424
436
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
185
18:00
70.9%
27.2 min
453
466
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
30
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
51
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
71
76
22:00
No observations
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23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
32.116.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5412710
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
70.0%
25.2 min
524
540
Tuesday
81.7%
14.9 min
529
539
Wednesday
75.1%
20.9 min
522
535
Thursday
72.4%
22.8 min
522
531
Friday
70.0%
27.9 min
527
538
Saturday
74.6%
22.0 min
511
522
Sunday
66.6%
32.1 min
527
541
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
37.218.60.0
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
66.1%
31.1 min
339
346
Feb
73.2%
22.7 min
324
330
Mar
62.6%
37.2 min
353
372
Apr
73.7%
20.8 min
353
360
May
77.4%
19.1 min
371
372
Jun
77.7%
19.8 min
296
300
Jul
69.7%
31.7 min
300
308
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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182
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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177
180
Oct
78.8%
16.6 min
306
306
Nov
78.2%
17.8 min
339
352
Dec
64.6%
32.2 min
322
334
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 time71.3%2,670
Delayed >15 min26.5%992
Cancelled2.2%84
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.