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 delay05:00–06:00-1.3min · 658 recorded · 657 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour12.2min05:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights8,799PDX–SLC
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
10.94.8-1.3
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
1,3326660
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
97.0%
-1.3 min
657
658
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
07:00
90.9%
1.6 min
472
481
08:00
93.1%
0.2 min
1,002
1,006
09:00
90.3%
1.9 min
401
410
10:00
91.0%
1.1 min
558
560
11:00
86.3%
7.2 min
800
805
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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180
180
13:00
85.7%
7.1 min
672
677
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
159
160
15:00
85.1%
4.9 min
902
905
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
17:00
85.3%
5.9 min
1,322
1,332
18:00
84.0%
6.3 min
243
246
19:00
82.0%
10.9 min
668
679
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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5
5
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
168
22:00
86.7%
5.4 min
487
487
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
6.43.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,3526760
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
86.5%
4.9 min
1,345
1,352
Tuesday
91.1%
1.3 min
1,207
1,216
Wednesday
91.2%
1.7 min
1,196
1,199
Thursday
87.6%
4.1 min
1,277
1,284
Friday
87.1%
5.4 min
1,336
1,344
Saturday
87.9%
6.1 min
1,093
1,104
Sunday
85.3%
6.4 min
1,282
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
9.24.5-0.1
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9744870
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.4%
6.6 min
723
728
Feb
84.5%
4.8 min
676
684
Mar
89.7%
2.0 min
785
791
Apr
90.8%
1.1 min
783
788
May
92.0%
1.3 min
820
824
Jun
86.6%
5.6 min
886
894
Jul
83.3%
9.2 min
962
974
Aug
87.8%
5.1 min
442
444
Sep
93.8%
-0.1 min
352
352
Oct
92.8%
1.8 min
692
692
Nov
91.0%
1.9 min
791
800
Dec
84.0%
8.9 min
824
828
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 time87.4%7,690
Delayed >15 min11.9%1,046
Cancelled0.7%63
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.