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 delay05:00–06:002.4min · 658 recorded · 647 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.1min05:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights1,940MIA–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
24.512.30.0
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
6583290
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
93.4%
2.4 min
647
658
06:00
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
No observations
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09:00
No observations
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10:00
No observations
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11:00
No observations
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12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
85
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
141
143
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
76
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
93
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
141
143
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
75
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
46
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
44
21:00
66.8%
24.5 min
527
536
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
32
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
22.511.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2861430
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.9%
22.5 min
278
286
Tuesday
85.7%
7.9 min
259
266
Wednesday
82.5%
6.4 min
268
270
Thursday
80.2%
10.4 min
272
274
Friday
79.3%
19.1 min
280
282
Saturday
74.0%
16.2 min
281
282
Sunday
77.9%
13.9 min
276
280
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
19.09.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2321160
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
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158
164
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
202
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
180
May
75.7%
19.0 min
230
232
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
188
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
180
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
72
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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152
152
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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166
168
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%1,517
Delayed >15 min20.5%397
Cancelled1.3%26
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.