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 delay05:00–06:000.7min · 229 recorded · 226 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.9min05:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights3,657MCI–STL
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
16.68.30.0
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
3391700
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
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
96.0%
0.7 min
226
229
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
189
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
59
08:00
91.1%
2.2 min
338
339
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
186
10:00
88.5%
4.4 min
305
306
11:00
90.5%
1.9 min
220
224
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
128
13:00
80.9%
8.0 min
215
216
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
175
15:00
74.4%
11.7 min
230
231
16:00
68.3%
16.6 min
315
315
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
196
18:00
65.9%
16.4 min
255
257
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
190
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
198
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
191
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
15.37.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5512760
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.7%
14.7 min
544
551
Tuesday
84.9%
4.2 min
529
532
Wednesday
83.5%
7.4 min
522
524
Thursday
75.7%
9.8 min
539
540
Friday
81.6%
9.6 min
544
545
Saturday
78.6%
8.8 min
412
414
Sunday
69.6%
15.3 min
542
551
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
16.98.50.0
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
83.5%
6.3 min
272
284
Feb
82.9%
5.0 min
275
276
Mar
76.3%
11.6 min
341
345
Apr
77.6%
10.9 min
344
344
May
76.2%
13.7 min
349
352
Jun
71.6%
14.5 min
359
360
Jul
71.4%
16.9 min
367
368
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
83.7%
5.3 min
288
288
Nov
83.8%
5.6 min
328
328
Dec
77.5%
9.0 min
346
348
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 time77.6%2,839
Delayed >15 min21.7%793
Cancelled0.7%25
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.