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 delay09:00–10:004.1min · 957 recorded · 956 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.8min09:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights6,617MCO–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
22.011.00.0
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
1,1565780
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
No observations
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07:00
85.2%
6.2 min
871
876
08:00
88.1%
8.0 min
1,144
1,156
09:00
88.1%
4.1 min
956
957
10:00
81.8%
10.3 min
362
364
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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10
10
12:00
No observations
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13:00
No observations
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14:00
No observations
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15:00
78.1%
9.4 min
451
452
16:00
76.0%
13.7 min
400
402
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
168
18:00
70.8%
22.0 min
847
857
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
108
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
44
21:00
76.9%
9.1 min
242
242
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
115
23:00
78.7%
6.9 min
862
866
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
13.56.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9674840
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.1%
10.4 min
958
964
Tuesday
84.7%
7.2 min
906
909
Wednesday
85.7%
7.1 min
917
919
Thursday
81.6%
8.7 min
937
941
Friday
79.5%
13.5 min
946
956
Saturday
77.8%
10.4 min
963
967
Sunday
77.2%
12.1 min
948
961
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
16.28.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6993500
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.1%
8.7 min
586
588
Feb
85.2%
9.8 min
603
606
Mar
76.3%
14.3 min
684
699
Apr
85.2%
6.4 min
641
641
May
82.6%
9.4 min
614
618
Jun
79.1%
10.8 min
598
600
Jul
74.9%
15.0 min
609
616
Aug
75.0%
14.8 min
308
308
Sep
86.9%
2.6 min
290
290
Oct
86.1%
6.5 min
489
491
Nov
89.0%
1.6 min
554
556
Dec
73.1%
16.2 min
599
604
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 time80.5%5,328
Delayed >15 min18.8%1,247
Cancelled0.6%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.
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.