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 delay19:00–20:0016.0min · 451 recorded · 450 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour11.0min19:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights2,277MIA–SAN
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
27.013.50.0
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
6523260
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
No observations
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06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
131
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
185
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
148
10:00
No observations
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11:00
No observations
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12:00
80.7%
18.4 min
238
240
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
91
14:00
No observations
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15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
130
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
19:00
69.3%
16.0 min
450
451
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
161
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
50
22:00
84.5%
27.0 min
646
652
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
25.913.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3281640
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.3%
16.3 min
322
326
Tuesday
83.1%
16.1 min
319
323
Wednesday
83.2%
19.9 min
321
322
Thursday
74.6%
25.9 min
327
328
Friday
81.5%
17.7 min
325
328
Saturday
80.2%
9.8 min
323
324
Sunday
74.1%
21.2 min
320
326
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
25.512.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2601300
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
79.4%
19.0 min
252
260
Feb
81.7%
13.5 min
224
224
Mar
77.6%
24.9 min
246
248
Apr
81.5%
7.1 min
238
238
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
177
180
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
186
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Nov
86.9%
14.0 min
229
231
Dec
73.7%
25.5 min
236
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 time78.4%1,786
Delayed >15 min20.7%471
Cancelled0.9%20
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.