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 delay09:00–10:0014.5min · 832 recorded · 818 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.7min09:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights8,949ORD–SBN
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
38.219.10.0
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
8324160
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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71
72
06:00
87.8%
19.6 min
572
578
07:00
84.2%
15.5 min
660
669
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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120
124
09:00
82.6%
14.5 min
818
832
10:00
78.8%
17.8 min
642
655
11:00
73.6%
23.8 min
333
341
12:00
75.6%
21.1 min
229
239
13:00
69.1%
24.6 min
722
743
14:00
73.9%
20.7 min
514
527
15:00
72.4%
23.7 min
707
730
16:00
64.8%
30.6 min
758
795
17:00
71.8%
28.9 min
563
589
18:00
73.4%
26.3 min
609
629
19:00
65.5%
38.2 min
669
690
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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74
87
21:00
67.7%
29.3 min
623
649
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
30.615.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,3006500
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.0%
26.8 min
1,231
1,292
Tuesday
78.4%
20.4 min
1,249
1,272
Wednesday
76.3%
25.7 min
1,223
1,270
Thursday
76.3%
17.5 min
1,243
1,274
Friday
74.0%
22.2 min
1,249
1,288
Saturday
74.5%
22.6 min
1,219
1,253
Sunday
69.4%
30.6 min
1,270
1,300
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
35.617.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8784390
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
72.2%
29.5 min
833
865
Feb
72.5%
21.9 min
768
773
Mar
69.4%
33.4 min
821
868
Apr
72.9%
21.0 min
794
832
May
78.5%
23.0 min
870
878
Jun
75.0%
16.5 min
755
780
Jul
68.1%
34.7 min
778
802
Aug
72.7%
24.5 min
355
372
Sep
81.7%
12.7 min
409
412
Oct
82.6%
8.0 min
724
725
Nov
81.6%
15.9 min
777
820
Dec
70.1%
35.6 min
800
822
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 time72.3%6,471
Delayed >15 min24.7%2,213
Cancelled3.0%265
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.