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 delay08:00–09:003.3min · 848 recorded · 841 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.5min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,135MIA–SEA
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
24.812.40.0
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
8484240
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
14
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
26
26
07:00
88.0%
5.0 min
531
533
08:00
90.7%
3.3 min
841
848
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
47
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
54
54
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
No observations
—
—
—
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
17:00
68.5%
24.8 min
441
445
18:00
69.8%
20.6 min
762
773
19:00
69.6%
21.2 min
392
394
20:00
69.6%
20.3 min
484
484
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
22:00
63.7%
16.3 min
388
388
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
42
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
20.510.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5993000
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
74.4%
14.5 min
581
590
Tuesday
79.3%
10.7 min
575
579
Wednesday
82.2%
7.9 min
577
581
Thursday
78.3%
15.2 min
595
598
Friday
72.8%
15.4 min
591
596
Saturday
75.3%
17.2 min
592
592
Sunday
74.4%
20.5 min
594
599
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
4472240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
72.8%
14.6 min
405
410
Feb
79.5%
15.3 min
336
336
Mar
71.1%
20.2 min
367
372
Apr
79.7%
10.3 min
359
360
May
79.3%
13.0 min
392
393
Jun
79.5%
12.7 min
420
420
Jul
75.7%
14.9 min
428
435
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
89.7%
3.6 min
263
266
Nov
78.3%
12.2 min
327
330
Dec
71.6%
19.8 min
444
447
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 time76.1%3,146
Delayed >15 min23.2%959
Cancelled0.7%30
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.