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 delay14:00–15:008.0min · 403 recorded · 398 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour30.3min14:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights2,597MRY–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
38.319.10.0
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
4032020
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
130
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
177
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
139
140
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
09:00
82.5%
8.4 min
252
252
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
184
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
95
99
14:00
80.7%
8.0 min
398
403
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
78
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
73
73
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
16
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
61
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
87
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
22:00
70.6%
38.3 min
204
207
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
86
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
27.113.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3951980
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
70.2%
27.1 min
389
395
Tuesday
79.7%
12.1 min
349
349
Wednesday
75.4%
17.1 min
378
383
Thursday
75.5%
20.3 min
383
390
Friday
71.9%
22.6 min
373
379
Saturday
86.6%
10.1 min
342
343
Sunday
74.4%
14.6 min
356
358
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
34.017.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2911460
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.8%
4.4 min
205
205
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
191
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
197
Apr
75.5%
12.6 min
278
280
May
70.5%
26.5 min
264
266
Jun
61.8%
30.6 min
288
290
Jul
60.3%
34.0 min
287
291
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
114
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
106
Oct
85.3%
7.8 min
204
204
Nov
84.5%
11.5 min
232
240
Dec
78.9%
16.9 min
208
213
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 time75.2%1,954
Delayed >15 min23.7%616
Cancelled1.0%27
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.