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 delay08:00–09:000.7min · 604 recorded · 599 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.4min08:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights3,682PHL–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
24.012.00.0
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
6973490
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
93.7%
4.7 min
551
553
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
08:00
93.2%
0.7 min
599
604
09:00
78.2%
17.7 min
691
697
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
37
12:00
No observations
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13:00
No observations
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14:00
No observations
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15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
172
16:00
76.2%
18.9 min
307
312
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
59
18:00
70.5%
19.3 min
379
385
19:00
78.3%
24.0 min
244
250
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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9
9
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
124
22:00
91.6%
18.9 min
462
472
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
23.011.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5362680
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.9%
11.9 min
522
536
Tuesday
85.9%
12.5 min
516
520
Wednesday
84.4%
14.1 min
520
523
Thursday
82.2%
12.2 min
518
523
Friday
81.5%
23.0 min
530
534
Saturday
83.3%
10.2 min
504
514
Sunday
83.0%
14.6 min
522
532
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
23.912.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3721860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.5%
8.9 min
260
270
Feb
83.9%
12.1 min
267
279
Mar
84.8%
10.8 min
354
358
Apr
86.1%
7.3 min
359
359
May
79.7%
18.9 min
360
366
Jun
81.5%
14.1 min
356
360
Jul
76.0%
23.9 min
362
372
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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184
184
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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180
180
Oct
88.3%
11.2 min
256
256
Nov
87.4%
10.0 min
334
336
Dec
83.3%
22.9 min
360
362
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 time82.5%3,036
Delayed >15 min16.2%596
Cancelled1.4%50
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.
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