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 delay08:00–09:00-0.3min · 372 recorded · 368 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.8min08:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights4,887MDW–OMA
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
23.511.6-0.3
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
4972490
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
94.5%
3.6 min
402
409
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
51
52
07:00
91.6%
2.6 min
332
335
08:00
93.8%
-0.3 min
368
372
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
132
10:00
87.2%
4.5 min
492
497
11:00
85.2%
5.5 min
357
358
12:00
80.7%
7.6 min
233
236
13:00
87.1%
4.0 min
279
285
14:00
79.3%
11.4 min
299
300
15:00
78.9%
8.5 min
393
396
16:00
64.5%
18.8 min
375
382
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
82
18:00
66.6%
19.9 min
275
279
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
167
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
190
21:00
63.3%
23.5 min
229
233
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
182
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
12.36.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7613810
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.4%
10.4 min
724
734
Tuesday
85.5%
6.5 min
698
700
Wednesday
84.5%
7.0 min
689
700
Thursday
79.1%
12.3 min
721
729
Friday
77.4%
12.0 min
725
731
Saturday
80.5%
6.9 min
524
532
Sunday
79.1%
10.2 min
752
761
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
16.98.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5362680
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.8%
4.0 min
374
376
Feb
85.6%
4.5 min
319
321
Mar
78.5%
12.8 min
418
441
Apr
82.1%
7.4 min
429
432
May
79.3%
8.8 min
435
438
Jun
71.3%
16.9 min
512
514
Jul
73.1%
16.2 min
527
536
Aug
81.4%
11.5 min
247
250
Sep
86.6%
5.6 min
238
239
Oct
84.8%
5.7 min
408
408
Nov
87.9%
4.9 min
447
453
Dec
77.7%
9.8 min
479
479
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 time79.5%3,887
Delayed >15 min19.4%946
Cancelled1.1%54
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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