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 delay23:00–00:001.7min · 406 recorded · 397 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.3min23:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights2,753PHL–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
12.06.00.0
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
6683340
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
—
17
18
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
114
07:00
87.0%
6.8 min
655
668
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
44
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
79
11:00
86.6%
5.9 min
545
547
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
15:00
No observations
—
—
—
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
135
138
18:00
78.4%
12.0 min
444
449
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
205
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
32
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
11
22:00
No observations
—
—
—
23:00
87.4%
1.7 min
397
406
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
14.37.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4502250
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.5%
6.5 min
442
450
Tuesday
88.7%
6.2 min
318
327
Wednesday
84.1%
11.0 min
321
326
Thursday
80.9%
14.3 min
434
443
Friday
87.6%
4.1 min
442
447
Saturday
80.0%
9.2 min
320
325
Sunday
83.4%
12.1 min
422
435
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
22.511.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3381690
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
200
Feb
81.6%
7.6 min
207
218
Mar
85.0%
11.6 min
274
276
Apr
91.0%
3.5 min
267
268
May
91.1%
0.9 min
258
260
Jun
78.8%
17.3 min
311
318
Jul
75.3%
22.5 min
320
338
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
173
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
97
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
Dec
80.3%
9.0 min
254
259
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 time82.3%2,267
Delayed >15 min15.7%432
Cancelled2.0%54
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.