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 delay06:00–07:000.5min · 236 recorded · 232 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.3min06:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights2,866OMA–STL
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
25.812.90.0
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
2861430
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
04:00
No observations
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05:00
93.8%
2.8 min
242
245
06:00
97.4%
0.5 min
232
236
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
08:00
94.4%
1.1 min
284
286
09:00
88.0%
4.5 min
216
216
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
201
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
88
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
126
127
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
54
54
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
117
16:00
77.2%
8.4 min
224
225
17:00
63.4%
17.5 min
235
237
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
156
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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182
183
21:00
51.6%
25.8 min
217
218
22:00
59.8%
23.7 min
204
207
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
15.97.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4642320
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.8%
10.7 min
419
424
Tuesday
86.0%
4.3 min
408
410
Wednesday
87.5%
3.6 min
400
407
Thursday
80.2%
10.2 min
409
411
Friday
80.8%
8.2 min
426
426
Saturday
78.0%
9.7 min
322
324
Sunday
72.8%
15.9 min
456
464
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
17.48.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2821410
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.8%
3.6 min
233
244
Feb
81.6%
8.6 min
217
218
Mar
78.7%
8.9 min
239
248
Apr
80.1%
8.9 min
246
246
May
75.7%
11.6 min
255
256
Jun
72.2%
17.4 min
255
257
Jul
70.3%
15.3 min
263
264
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
Oct
86.6%
4.1 min
276
276
Nov
84.9%
6.5 min
265
265
Dec
79.0%
9.2 min
281
282
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 time79.6%2,282
Delayed >15 min19.5%558
Cancelled0.9%26
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.