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 delay07:00–08:002.9min · 333 recorded · 329 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour38.2min07:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights4,136ORD–TUS
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
41.120.50.0
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
7983990
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
—
3
3
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
112
06:00
92.5%
13.8 min
254
261
07:00
90.6%
2.9 min
329
333
08:00
89.4%
5.3 min
376
379
09:00
81.7%
9.2 min
794
798
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
11:00
81.5%
9.4 min
373
376
12:00
74.3%
20.9 min
595
600
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
158
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
88
88
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
20
16:00
No observations
—
—
—
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
15
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
19:00
75.2%
21.7 min
387
398
20:00
60.1%
41.1 min
253
259
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
113
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
43
44
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
29
31
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
18.49.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6113060
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.8%
18.4 min
590
597
Tuesday
82.2%
11.9 min
561
567
Wednesday
77.4%
17.4 min
571
576
Thursday
79.2%
16.7 min
586
596
Friday
78.2%
13.2 min
596
604
Saturday
80.8%
15.0 min
577
585
Sunday
79.9%
15.7 min
606
611
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
30.715.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4672340
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.2%
10.7 min
393
396
Feb
82.0%
11.0 min
372
373
Mar
78.7%
15.9 min
417
421
Apr
80.9%
11.0 min
461
467
May
82.5%
10.6 min
411
413
Jun
74.0%
19.3 min
354
360
Jul
69.7%
30.7 min
356
370
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
133
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
81.5%
19.3 min
270
270
Nov
86.1%
5.4 min
389
397
Dec
78.2%
21.5 min
413
416
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 time78.4%3,242
Delayed >15 min20.4%845
Cancelled1.2%49
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.