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 delay07:00–08:00-2.2min · 262 recorded · 259 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour35.7min07:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights4,861OAK–PDX
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
33.515.7-2.2
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
4982490
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
97.4%
-1.6 min
381
383
06:00
97.7%
-1.8 min
346
347
07:00
95.8%
-2.2 min
259
262
08:00
94.7%
-0.3 min
209
210
09:00
94.3%
-0.4 min
280
281
10:00
81.5%
9.0 min
492
498
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
166
12:00
89.0%
4.6 min
227
227
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
173
14:00
71.6%
13.6 min
215
217
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
16:00
58.7%
23.2 min
237
237
17:00
63.3%
18.9 min
351
352
18:00
67.3%
15.6 min
364
364
19:00
73.4%
12.6 min
259
259
20:00
65.5%
19.5 min
400
401
21:00
48.3%
33.5 min
240
242
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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62
62
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
15.07.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7583790
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.8%
12.6 min
736
738
Tuesday
84.0%
7.1 min
687
690
Wednesday
86.6%
4.6 min
687
689
Thursday
74.9%
12.5 min
717
722
Friday
72.5%
15.0 min
745
745
Saturday
82.5%
7.1 min
515
519
Sunday
71.2%
14.6 min
754
758
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
18.19.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5092550
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
88.6%
3.7 min
393
393
Feb
87.5%
5.7 min
367
370
Mar
78.3%
9.5 min
438
440
Apr
76.4%
10.7 min
423
423
May
77.6%
9.8 min
474
474
Jun
70.0%
16.2 min
480
481
Jul
67.8%
18.1 min
488
492
Aug
76.0%
13.6 min
208
208
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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198
198
Oct
79.4%
9.0 min
394
394
Nov
79.7%
8.5 min
469
479
Dec
74.9%
12.9 min
509
509
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 time77.2%3,754
Delayed >15 min22.4%1,087
Cancelled0.4%20
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.