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 delay07:00–08:00-0.0min · 294 recorded · 291 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.6min07:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,953MDW–PIT
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
20.510.3-0.0
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
5082540
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
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
51
51
06:00
92.6%
4.0 min
324
326
07:00
95.2%
-0.0 min
291
294
08:00
91.5%
6.3 min
281
284
09:00
89.5%
4.3 min
210
213
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
187
189
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
39
12:00
84.4%
6.5 min
257
259
13:00
81.8%
11.0 min
501
508
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
175
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
133
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
182
18:00
72.1%
14.7 min
348
353
19:00
71.6%
15.6 min
268
271
20:00
63.8%
20.5 min
323
326
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
171
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
57
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
16.58.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6063030
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.2%
13.3 min
597
603
Tuesday
86.4%
5.2 min
579
583
Wednesday
86.6%
6.3 min
581
588
Thursday
78.1%
11.2 min
598
601
Friday
81.2%
10.3 min
601
606
Saturday
81.6%
8.8 min
391
394
Sunday
74.6%
16.5 min
567
578
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
18.09.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3881940
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.8%
6.6 min
334
341
Feb
87.0%
5.1 min
301
303
Mar
74.1%
15.6 min
340
352
Apr
86.0%
5.6 min
343
343
May
79.2%
13.0 min
346
346
Jun
72.5%
17.3 min
374
376
Jul
71.0%
18.0 min
383
388
Aug
83.0%
10.2 min
223
225
Sep
87.5%
3.8 min
224
224
Oct
83.4%
8.0 min
362
363
Nov
85.3%
6.1 min
333
338
Dec
79.2%
9.6 min
351
354
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 time80.0%3,161
Delayed >15 min19.0%753
Cancelled1.0%39
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.