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 delay07:00–08:005.2min · 1,030 recorded · 1,027 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.2min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights6,335MIA–SFO
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
30.515.20.0
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
1,2896450
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
—
36
36
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
—
117
117
07:00
90.9%
5.2 min
1,027
1,030
08:00
88.1%
6.3 min
1,284
1,289
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
63
12:00
80.3%
15.3 min
213
213
13:00
73.3%
27.5 min
390
393
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
123
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
17:00
68.9%
23.5 min
527
530
18:00
55.2%
30.5 min
480
481
19:00
63.9%
26.2 min
565
569
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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147
149
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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72
72
22:00
82.8%
8.7 min
401
405
23:00
81.0%
10.1 min
732
732
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
24.712.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9324660
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.4%
15.5 min
913
924
Tuesday
84.2%
8.1 min
848
854
Wednesday
81.7%
9.6 min
864
869
Thursday
75.6%
16.9 min
918
918
Friday
78.1%
14.1 min
932
932
Saturday
79.0%
14.3 min
919
919
Sunday
74.0%
24.7 min
916
919
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
20.010.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6623310
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
79.7%
17.5 min
587
599
Feb
80.3%
19.5 min
538
538
Mar
81.9%
11.7 min
608
614
Apr
83.0%
8.4 min
604
604
May
74.1%
14.5 min
638
638
Jun
74.7%
16.2 min
647
648
Jul
70.2%
19.5 min
660
662
Aug
73.1%
20.0 min
282
283
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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182
182
Oct
87.0%
5.7 min
416
416
Nov
81.5%
12.1 min
583
584
Dec
75.4%
19.3 min
565
567
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 time77.9%4,934
Delayed >15 min21.7%1,376
Cancelled0.4%25
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.