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 delay14:00–15:0020.6min · 279 recorded · 278 measured
Recorded flights1,434MCI–SAN
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
20.610.30.0
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
2791400
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
—
9
9
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
65
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
44
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
67
69
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
103
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
158
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
14:00
63.0%
20.6 min
278
279
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
99
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
43
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
79
79
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
37
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
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
18.19.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2501250
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
187
188
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
188
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
188
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
188
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
187
188
Saturday
76.1%
11.6 min
247
250
Sunday
67.1%
18.1 min
240
244
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
148740
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
128
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
112
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
148
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
132
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
130
130
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
146
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
146
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
66
66
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
130
130
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
134
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 time69.7%999
Delayed >15 min29.7%426
Cancelled0.6%9
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.