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 delay07:00–08:00-1.6min · 343 recorded · 342 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.8min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights5,010ORD–SJU
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
24.111.3-1.6
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
1,2996500
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
110
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
23
34
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
21
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
69
73
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
201
07:00
95.6%
-1.6 min
342
343
08:00
87.3%
4.5 min
1,292
1,299
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
199
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
63
12:00
71.8%
17.0 min
202
206
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
116
14:00
81.1%
11.8 min
550
551
15:00
78.8%
15.8 min
786
790
16:00
77.0%
14.5 min
365
369
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
39
18:00
65.1%
24.1 min
238
239
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
89
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
134
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
46
46
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
64
23:00
No observations
—
—
—
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
17.88.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7443720
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.3%
10.8 min
723
734
Tuesday
83.7%
17.8 min
680
691
Wednesday
81.5%
9.0 min
650
655
Thursday
84.0%
9.0 min
713
717
Friday
81.6%
10.9 min
737
743
Saturday
82.4%
10.5 min
726
744
Sunday
78.1%
12.6 min
713
726
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
19.19.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6583290
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
77.3%
13.6 min
510
536
Feb
89.2%
6.7 min
461
462
Mar
77.2%
12.3 min
637
658
Apr
83.3%
11.2 min
526
534
May
84.2%
6.0 min
442
442
Jun
85.0%
13.0 min
414
414
Jul
78.2%
19.1 min
491
498
Aug
74.7%
18.2 min
225
226
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
Oct
87.8%
6.7 min
222
222
Nov
82.9%
8.6 min
386
388
Dec
79.1%
11.5 min
526
528
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 time80.4%4,027
Delayed >15 min18.3%915
Cancelled1.4%68
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.