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 delay21:00–22:00-0.5min · 548 recorded · 536 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.6min21:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights6,542OGG–SEA
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
15.17.3-0.5
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
8684340
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
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
78
08:00
89.0%
5.0 min
857
868
09:00
83.2%
7.1 min
368
378
10:00
81.5%
13.9 min
531
533
11:00
71.1%
15.1 min
401
401
12:00
74.8%
12.6 min
683
685
13:00
82.2%
8.5 min
622
627
14:00
80.9%
12.2 min
430
433
15:00
78.2%
12.0 min
477
486
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
113
18:00
75.1%
10.2 min
478
483
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
92
92
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
92
93
21:00
89.9%
-0.5 min
536
548
22:00
77.7%
9.7 min
530
535
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
167
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
10.55.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9404700
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.4%
10.5 min
928
940
Tuesday
84.2%
7.5 min
920
927
Wednesday
82.8%
7.1 min
919
925
Thursday
81.5%
8.8 min
922
931
Friday
79.9%
8.6 min
922
940
Saturday
81.0%
8.1 min
930
940
Sunday
78.8%
10.4 min
932
939
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
13.16.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6203100
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.0%
9.1 min
601
618
Feb
78.6%
13.1 min
552
560
Mar
80.7%
11.6 min
606
620
Apr
85.3%
5.1 min
599
600
May
83.5%
6.0 min
617
620
Jun
81.3%
8.9 min
599
600
Jul
79.3%
10.7 min
609
620
Aug
79.8%
7.8 min
302
304
Sep
85.5%
3.5 min
282
282
Oct
80.8%
10.6 min
501
506
Nov
84.3%
4.2 min
592
593
Dec
77.3%
11.5 min
613
619
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 time80.5%5,266
Delayed >15 min18.5%1,207
Cancelled1.1%69
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.