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 delay06:00–07:000.2min · 298 recorded · 295 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.8min06:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights2,514MDW–SAT
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
2981490
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
—
106
107
06:00
93.9%
0.2 min
295
298
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
184
08:00
91.1%
3.2 min
270
270
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
187
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
170
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
50
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
14:00
70.4%
12.8 min
274
276
15:00
61.3%
22.0 min
240
240
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
142
142
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
83
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
64
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
112
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
176
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
67
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
13.96.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3781890
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
74.9%
13.9 min
375
378
Tuesday
81.2%
10.0 min
356
358
Wednesday
83.9%
6.9 min
354
358
Thursday
79.6%
10.6 min
372
374
Friday
78.3%
13.0 min
374
376
Saturday
81.3%
7.1 min
305
312
Sunday
73.3%
12.4 min
356
358
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
16.78.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2721360
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
—
187
189
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
159
160
Mar
75.5%
11.5 min
233
238
Apr
81.8%
10.1 min
236
240
May
78.1%
14.5 min
247
247
Jun
69.1%
16.7 min
262
264
Jul
74.3%
16.2 min
268
272
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
112
Oct
84.3%
8.1 min
204
204
Nov
83.0%
6.0 min
224
228
Dec
74.6%
11.7 min
240
240
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 time78.2%1,965
Delayed >15 min21.0%527
Cancelled0.9%22
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.