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 delay05:00–06:001.2min · 200 recorded · 200 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour5.9min05:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights867MIA–XNA
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
7.13.60.0
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
2721360
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
92.0%
1.2 min
200
200
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
117
117
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
104
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
16:00
No observations
—
—
—
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
18:00
No observations
—
—
—
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
128
21:00
85.9%
7.1 min
270
272
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
19.39.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2101050
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
110
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
110
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
110
Saturday
82.2%
19.3 min
208
210
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
111
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
134670
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
80
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
64
64
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
72
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
119
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
134
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
20
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
14
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
115
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
99
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 time87.4%758
Delayed >15 min11.9%103
Cancelled0.7%6
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.