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 delay10:00–11:003.3min · 334 recorded · 334 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.9min10:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights2,552PHX–PSC
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
14.37.10.0
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
6533270
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
94.0%
4.5 min
653
653
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
89.5%
3.3 min
334
334
11:00
83.2%
14.3 min
232
233
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
89
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
54
54
14:00
88.3%
3.8 min
274
274
15:00
86.1%
5.4 min
288
288
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
51
51
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
18:00
82.8%
7.0 min
204
204
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
37
37
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
174
21:00
No observations
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—
—
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
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
9.84.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3811910
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.5%
9.6 min
376
376
Tuesday
88.8%
3.7 min
356
356
Wednesday
90.7%
4.2 min
354
354
Thursday
89.1%
5.1 min
367
368
Friday
86.0%
8.9 min
364
364
Saturday
85.3%
8.2 min
353
353
Sunday
84.5%
9.8 min
381
381
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
12.96.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2521260
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.8%
9.7 min
246
246
Feb
90.2%
3.7 min
224
224
Mar
87.3%
6.1 min
252
252
Apr
91.3%
4.3 min
240
240
May
89.0%
8.0 min
246
246
Jun
80.8%
12.4 min
240
240
Jul
84.4%
8.9 min
243
244
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
86
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
174
Nov
83.8%
7.1 min
234
234
Dec
83.6%
12.9 min
244
244
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 time87.3%2,229
Delayed >15 min12.6%322
Cancelled0.0%1
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.