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 delay15:00–16:000.8min · 247 recorded · 246 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour7.8min15:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights2,820PHX–RDM
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
8.54.30.0
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
6383190
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
93.4%
8.0 min
635
638
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
75
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
79
79
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
90.4%
1.7 min
407
407
11:00
87.1%
5.5 min
318
319
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
50
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
175
14:00
91.4%
7.0 min
208
209
15:00
91.9%
0.8 min
246
247
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
123
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
5
19:00
No observations
—
—
—
20:00
79.8%
8.5 min
312
312
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
127
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
20
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
9.24.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4172090
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
89.2%
7.2 min
407
407
Tuesday
93.6%
2.0 min
392
393
Wednesday
88.3%
6.0 min
402
404
Thursday
88.6%
6.4 min
403
406
Friday
87.6%
5.8 min
402
404
Saturday
93.0%
1.1 min
388
389
Sunday
88.7%
9.2 min
417
417
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
23.011.1-0.8
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3121560
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.7%
10.2 min
286
288
Feb
92.1%
5.1 min
264
268
Mar
91.7%
-0.1 min
312
312
Apr
93.2%
-0.8 min
292
292
May
88.9%
2.0 min
278
278
Jun
82.9%
4.9 min
239
240
Jul
90.7%
2.7 min
246
246
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
198
198
Nov
90.9%
10.9 min
220
222
Dec
88.0%
23.0 min
234
234
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 time89.5%2,525
Delayed >15 min10.1%286
Cancelled0.3%9
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.