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 delay06:00–07:00-4.9min · 261 recorded · 257 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour19.0min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights6,295PDX–SAN
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
14.14.6-4.9
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
1,2296150
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
97.3%
-4.9 min
257
261
07:00
93.0%
-0.4 min
930
937
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
167
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
10:00
87.2%
4.1 min
1,007
1,017
11:00
82.8%
7.8 min
296
297
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
29
29
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
142
14:00
82.8%
6.0 min
1,218
1,229
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
137
137
17:00
79.4%
10.4 min
660
666
18:00
79.0%
8.5 min
495
504
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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60
60
20:00
71.9%
14.1 min
310
317
21:00
79.1%
6.9 min
445
453
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
9.94.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9764880
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.6%
4.0 min
945
950
Tuesday
89.2%
2.6 min
823
831
Wednesday
86.0%
4.7 min
829
833
Thursday
80.2%
8.5 min
926
943
Friday
79.3%
9.9 min
930
948
Saturday
84.6%
4.1 min
804
814
Sunday
80.8%
6.9 min
969
976
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
10.35.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6363180
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.0%
9.8 min
495
503
Feb
87.0%
4.4 min
430
437
Mar
86.9%
3.5 min
589
596
Apr
88.7%
2.1 min
593
599
May
88.6%
2.3 min
629
629
Jun
75.9%
8.5 min
626
630
Jul
77.2%
10.3 min
617
626
Aug
83.1%
8.8 min
290
295
Sep
88.0%
2.2 min
258
260
Oct
86.3%
6.0 min
474
481
Nov
83.6%
3.9 min
599
603
Dec
77.5%
8.6 min
626
636
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 time82.4%5,189
Delayed >15 min16.5%1,037
Cancelled1.1%69
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.