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 delay08:00–09:004.8min · 342 recorded · 342 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour8.6min08:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights1,872MDW–SJC
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
13.46.70.0
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
3421710
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
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
—
05:00
No observations
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—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
145
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
116
08:00
90.9%
4.8 min
342
342
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
128
10:00
76.8%
10.1 min
263
264
11:00
66.5%
13.4 min
209
211
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
17
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
42
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
17
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
61
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
75
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
56
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
65
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
128
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
23
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
149
149
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
17.18.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2881440
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.1%
14.4 min
286
288
Tuesday
79.3%
11.3 min
280
282
Wednesday
79.9%
8.0 min
279
280
Thursday
71.7%
12.2 min
286
288
Friday
75.7%
11.3 min
288
288
Saturday
81.1%
9.5 min
217
220
Sunday
69.6%
17.1 min
224
226
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
18.79.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2811410
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
—
90
90
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
94
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
166
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
197
May
70.9%
14.6 min
206
206
Jun
64.7%
17.6 min
258
260
Jul
66.1%
18.7 min
280
281
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
110
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
118
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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120
122
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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123
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 time75.3%1,409
Delayed >15 min24.1%451
Cancelled0.6%12
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.