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 delay06:00–07:000.4min · 418 recorded · 411 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.3min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,586MCI–SLC
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
10.75.40.0
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
6893450
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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—
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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
95.6%
0.4 min
411
418
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
176
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
64
09:00
85.9%
2.6 min
398
400
10:00
88.1%
4.7 min
252
254
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
81.9%
5.4 min
303
306
14:00
88.6%
2.9 min
686
689
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
66
68
16:00
No observations
—
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17:00
84.5%
8.4 min
264
266
18:00
83.5%
7.5 min
382
384
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
20:00
77.0%
10.7 min
369
373
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
122
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
8.14.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5402700
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.1%
8.1 min
530
540
Tuesday
89.8%
3.3 min
502
506
Wednesday
88.1%
2.3 min
503
504
Thursday
84.2%
5.4 min
525
526
Friday
87.3%
4.1 min
526
530
Saturday
87.9%
5.0 min
438
448
Sunday
83.2%
7.3 min
525
532
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
11.55.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3621810
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
90.7%
0.9 min
258
270
Feb
85.4%
5.9 min
254
260
Mar
87.1%
3.3 min
325
334
Apr
88.8%
2.1 min
339
340
May
88.2%
1.9 min
346
348
Jun
81.7%
8.5 min
349
350
Jul
83.3%
11.5 min
360
362
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
182
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
170
Oct
88.5%
1.7 min
286
286
Nov
82.3%
8.8 min
338
338
Dec
81.7%
7.5 min
344
346
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 time85.1%3,052
Delayed >15 min13.9%497
Cancelled1.0%37
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.