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 delay06:00–07:00-0.7min · 1,087 recorded · 1,081 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.1min06:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights9,133ONT–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
15.47.4-0.7
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
1,0875440
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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99
99
06:00
95.0%
-0.7 min
1,081
1,087
07:00
92.1%
-0.1 min
417
419
08:00
91.0%
0.6 min
788
811
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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94
95
10:00
83.5%
6.4 min
455
460
11:00
89.4%
4.2 min
1,028
1,041
12:00
80.1%
8.1 min
573
591
13:00
73.8%
12.0 min
309
313
14:00
86.6%
3.1 min
729
732
15:00
76.6%
8.8 min
525
527
16:00
82.0%
10.5 min
554
564
17:00
85.3%
3.0 min
578
580
18:00
76.3%
13.5 min
262
263
19:00
83.0%
5.9 min
860
863
20:00
76.1%
9.0 min
322
324
21:00
67.8%
15.4 min
360
362
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
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
7.94.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,4307150
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.2%
5.8 min
1,400
1,417
Tuesday
88.6%
2.1 min
1,201
1,205
Wednesday
87.0%
5.5 min
1,180
1,184
Thursday
81.7%
7.9 min
1,376
1,389
Friday
84.1%
5.0 min
1,354
1,386
Saturday
85.9%
3.5 min
1,110
1,122
Sunday
82.8%
6.3 min
1,415
1,430
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
12.16.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1165580
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.3%
7.9 min
642
648
Feb
84.3%
4.8 min
554
564
Mar
86.4%
3.4 min
714
720
Apr
90.3%
1.7 min
803
804
May
87.6%
4.5 min
1,006
1,014
Jun
83.1%
5.2 min
1,003
1,013
Jul
77.0%
12.1 min
1,090
1,116
Aug
83.0%
4.4 min
529
532
Sep
89.4%
2.1 min
425
426
Oct
88.5%
2.2 min
668
672
Nov
88.0%
3.4 min
859
875
Dec
81.8%
7.5 min
743
749
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 time84.0%7,671
Delayed >15 min14.9%1,365
Cancelled1.1%97
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.