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 delay08:00–09:007.7min · 583 recorded · 578 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour35.4min08:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights6,618PHL–SJU
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
43.121.50.0
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
7873940
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
—
156
167
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
202
02:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
126
03:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
65
04:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
197
198
06:00
87.2%
12.3 min
764
787
07:00
88.1%
14.3 min
310
319
08:00
87.9%
7.7 min
578
583
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
154
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
11:00
70.3%
28.8 min
401
412
12:00
76.3%
13.6 min
367
374
13:00
72.4%
19.8 min
326
326
14:00
72.1%
12.7 min
383
390
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
100
16:00
58.1%
33.8 min
267
271
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
159
18:00
62.2%
40.3 min
476
484
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
202
20:00
60.0%
34.3 min
588
620
21:00
61.0%
43.1 min
287
293
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
78
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
105
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
33.516.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0355180
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
66.3%
33.5 min
950
993
Tuesday
74.3%
21.3 min
806
824
Wednesday
80.0%
15.5 min
815
821
Thursday
74.4%
20.8 min
976
985
Friday
71.8%
25.8 min
1,010
1,035
Saturday
72.8%
20.9 min
927
953
Sunday
68.3%
25.2 min
966
1,007
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
42.221.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7793900
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
68.5%
32.1 min
663
714
Feb
76.5%
21.1 min
622
647
Mar
69.8%
23.4 min
702
720
Apr
79.0%
17.9 min
766
779
May
78.8%
18.7 min
723
725
Jun
75.4%
21.9 min
617
625
Jul
60.1%
42.2 min
607
634
Aug
60.6%
27.7 min
249
255
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
129
Oct
80.9%
10.0 min
278
278
Nov
78.2%
11.3 min
449
456
Dec
66.8%
27.6 min
645
656
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 time70.5%4,667
Delayed >15 min26.9%1,783
Cancelled2.5%168
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.