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 delay14:00–15:000.9min · 388 recorded · 383 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.7min14:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,000MCI–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
15.67.80.0
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
7983990
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
92.3%
4.0 min
456
462
07:00
91.8%
3.3 min
788
798
08:00
91.1%
2.3 min
350
353
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
177
178
10:00
No observations
—
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11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
14:00
91.1%
0.9 min
383
388
15:00
80.2%
11.2 min
222
223
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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18
19
17:00
76.4%
15.6 min
475
482
18:00
77.3%
10.6 min
639
646
19:00
72.1%
10.0 min
204
205
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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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
11.65.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6063030
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.8%
5.4 min
585
594
Tuesday
85.7%
6.6 min
540
541
Wednesday
85.9%
5.7 min
544
545
Thursday
83.9%
7.3 min
591
593
Friday
82.7%
11.6 min
590
596
Saturday
82.9%
7.2 min
513
525
Sunday
83.9%
6.9 min
595
606
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
11.75.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5082540
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.2%
6.7 min
257
270
Feb
85.9%
5.9 min
234
238
Mar
89.8%
2.7 min
303
306
Apr
91.9%
3.1 min
347
350
May
85.2%
4.6 min
425
428
Jun
79.0%
8.9 min
491
494
Jul
79.3%
11.7 min
508
508
Aug
80.0%
11.2 min
240
242
Sep
84.0%
8.5 min
219
222
Oct
86.5%
7.5 min
282
286
Nov
86.4%
4.0 min
316
316
Dec
81.0%
10.3 min
336
340
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 time83.4%3,334
Delayed >15 min15.6%624
Cancelled1.1%42
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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