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 delay05:00–06:00-0.1min · 208 recorded · 207 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour28.1min05:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights2,271MDW–SLC
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
28.014.0-0.1
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
3221610
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
96.1%
-0.1 min
207
208
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
85
07:00
92.2%
3.1 min
321
322
08:00
92.7%
2.9 min
315
315
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
98
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
182
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
55
13:00
67.0%
13.0 min
206
206
14:00
66.3%
15.8 min
202
204
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
77
77
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
9
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
20
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
88
21:00
48.3%
28.0 min
205
211
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
106
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
12.86.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3501750
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.1%
9.5 min
342
348
Tuesday
78.2%
9.5 min
330
332
Wednesday
79.5%
8.6 min
326
326
Thursday
77.7%
11.4 min
340
343
Friday
79.3%
10.0 min
347
350
Saturday
79.4%
7.6 min
247
248
Sunday
74.8%
12.8 min
321
324
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
20.210.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2441220
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
—
189
190
Feb
79.5%
8.1 min
200
200
Mar
72.3%
11.0 min
238
244
Apr
81.3%
8.1 min
219
222
May
75.1%
11.6 min
217
217
Jun
63.5%
20.2 min
222
222
Jul
73.1%
17.1 min
227
230
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
114
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
112
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
164
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
170
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 time77.8%1,766
Delayed >15 min21.4%487
Cancelled0.8%18
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.