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 delay06:00–07:003.2min · 352 recorded · 351 measured
Recorded flights2,191MDW–PDX
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
3.21.60.0
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
3521760
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
170
06:00
93.5%
3.2 min
351
352
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
85
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
187
187
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
109
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
163
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
81
81
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
81
81
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
117
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
88
88
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
129
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
47
47
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
45
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
110
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
143
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
150
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
15.87.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3321660
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.4%
15.8 min
326
328
Tuesday
78.7%
10.8 min
328
328
Wednesday
79.3%
10.4 min
328
328
Thursday
73.9%
13.7 min
329
332
Friday
75.0%
12.5 min
328
330
Saturday
84.2%
6.8 min
278
282
Sunday
73.6%
14.9 min
261
263
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
18.79.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3461730
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
112
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
178
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
184
Jun
66.2%
18.7 min
314
314
Jul
65.2%
18.3 min
342
346
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
168
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
174
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
123
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
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 time76.8%1,682
Delayed >15 min22.6%496
Cancelled0.6%13
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.