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 delay09:00–10:00-3.6min · 204 recorded · 202 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.2min09:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights4,364ONT–SLC
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
9.73.1-3.6
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
6643320
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
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
06:00
94.4%
-0.3 min
638
640
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
95.0%
-2.4 min
219
221
09:00
95.1%
-3.6 min
202
204
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
11:00
87.1%
4.4 min
653
657
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
6
7
13:00
87.0%
4.8 min
660
664
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
92.1%
0.7 min
610
614
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
191
192
17:00
93.4%
-1.3 min
436
439
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
14
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
36
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
113
22:00
85.3%
9.7 min
400
402
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
109
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
5.22.4-0.5
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6583290
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
89.9%
0.8 min
636
644
Tuesday
92.4%
-0.5 min
622
624
Wednesday
92.1%
0.2 min
622
622
Thursday
89.8%
5.2 min
656
658
Friday
91.2%
2.2 min
644
644
Saturday
89.8%
2.7 min
518
526
Sunday
88.0%
3.4 min
641
646
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
8.23.1-2.1
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4642320
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.7%
4.2 min
374
378
Feb
87.1%
6.3 min
340
340
Mar
89.2%
1.5 min
361
370
Apr
91.3%
-1.3 min
378
378
May
93.2%
-1.8 min
454
456
Jun
90.3%
0.9 min
452
454
Jul
88.8%
5.6 min
464
464
Aug
92.3%
-1.6 min
234
236
Sep
91.4%
5.1 min
220
220
Oct
94.3%
-0.8 min
348
348
Nov
94.5%
-2.1 min
346
352
Dec
86.7%
8.2 min
368
368
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 time89.9%3,925
Delayed >15 min9.5%414
Cancelled0.6%25
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.
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