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 delay07:00–08:00-2.3min · 455 recorded · 449 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.3min07:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights2,030ONT–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
8.02.8-2.3
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
4552280
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
No observations
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—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
07:00
94.9%
-2.3 min
449
455
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
142
144
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
17
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
133
134
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
152
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
42
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
11
14:00
81.5%
8.0 min
227
229
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
44
17:00
87.0%
4.4 min
239
240
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
107
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
113
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
40
21:00
80.3%
4.3 min
223
226
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
7.02.9-1.2
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3661830
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.4%
2.0 min
364
366
Tuesday
90.0%
-1.2 min
209
213
Wednesday
91.1%
0.2 min
214
216
Thursday
82.9%
7.0 min
299
303
Friday
84.8%
4.4 min
354
357
Saturday
88.9%
3.4 min
243
244
Sunday
86.6%
3.6 min
328
331
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
6.13.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2941470
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.5%
6.1 min
289
294
Feb
87.3%
1.2 min
204
210
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
153
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
87
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
149
149
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
133
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
79
79
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
121
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
175
Nov
89.9%
0.8 min
247
250
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
193
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 time86.2%1,749
Delayed >15 min12.9%262
Cancelled0.9%19
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.