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 delay10:00–11:00-1.4min · 331 recorded · 325 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour11.0min10:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights2,777PDX–PSP
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
9.54.0-1.4
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
6943470
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
No observations
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—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
07:00
94.9%
-0.3 min
686
694
08:00
92.7%
1.3 min
219
219
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
10:00
93.5%
-1.4 min
325
331
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
39
39
14:00
86.3%
2.9 min
349
350
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
103
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
17:00
81.2%
9.5 min
436
440
18:00
86.5%
2.4 min
230
233
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
191
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
14
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
5.32.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4122060
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
90.2%
0.3 min
410
412
Tuesday
90.3%
0.4 min
383
386
Wednesday
87.9%
1.9 min
373
376
Thursday
91.2%
0.6 min
398
400
Friday
88.5%
2.9 min
401
403
Saturday
86.9%
5.3 min
382
390
Sunday
88.8%
5.2 min
403
410
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
6.92.0-3.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4202100
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
92.0%
0.7 min
324
335
Feb
88.2%
3.4 min
323
326
Mar
86.3%
6.9 min
416
420
Apr
93.8%
-3.0 min
356
358
May
91.6%
0.4 min
226
228
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
124
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
190
Nov
90.6%
-0.5 min
255
255
Dec
88.6%
0.7 min
297
299
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 time88.3%2,452
Delayed >15 min10.7%298
Cancelled1.0%27
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.