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 delay08:00–09:000.6min · 221 recorded · 220 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.1min08:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights3,334MIA–STT
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
25.712.80.0
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
9574790
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
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
94.6%
0.6 min
220
221
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
173
10:00
83.3%
7.3 min
306
307
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
148
12:00
85.6%
10.3 min
376
379
13:00
81.4%
12.7 min
953
957
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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139
140
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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111
112
16:00
77.9%
25.7 min
357
359
17:00
84.1%
10.5 min
321
322
18:00
85.1%
8.1 min
215
216
19:00
No observations
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20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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22:00
No observations
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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
21.210.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5382690
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.6%
21.2 min
482
482
Tuesday
87.4%
7.3 min
430
434
Wednesday
87.3%
8.1 min
432
432
Thursday
87.3%
6.4 min
480
480
Friday
85.9%
8.5 min
483
484
Saturday
79.9%
14.4 min
526
538
Sunday
78.7%
20.6 min
484
484
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
32.116.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4342170
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
78.9%
32.1 min
332
340
Feb
83.1%
8.8 min
354
354
Mar
78.2%
13.0 min
432
434
Apr
87.1%
11.7 min
371
372
May
88.3%
3.9 min
300
300
Jun
89.8%
12.3 min
256
256
Jul
80.3%
15.6 min
264
264
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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114
120
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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102
102
Oct
82.7%
12.2 min
202
202
Nov
80.1%
17.5 min
246
246
Dec
85.5%
4.6 min
344
344
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 time82.7%2,757
Delayed >15 min16.8%560
Cancelled0.5%17
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.