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 delay11:00–12:001.7min · 250 recorded · 250 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.0min11:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights4,495PHX–SBP
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
26.713.40.0
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
7383690
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
87.9%
24.2 min
638
648
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
112
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
101
10:00
87.2%
8.4 min
421
421
11:00
90.4%
1.7 min
250
250
12:00
82.9%
10.9 min
609
609
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
81
81
14:00
78.3%
10.6 min
285
288
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
130
130
16:00
78.0%
13.7 min
733
738
17:00
83.7%
10.2 min
294
295
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
49
49
19:00
83.5%
9.3 min
333
333
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
21:00
70.6%
26.7 min
228
231
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
49
51
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
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
19.19.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7023510
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.9%
18.3 min
642
647
Tuesday
89.3%
10.6 min
581
582
Wednesday
81.3%
19.1 min
604
605
Thursday
80.7%
9.7 min
678
685
Friday
82.7%
10.8 min
659
664
Saturday
82.8%
9.4 min
605
610
Sunday
79.7%
12.7 min
696
702
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
21.210.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5002500
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
89.8%
0.4 min
450
452
Feb
83.7%
9.3 min
361
362
Mar
79.1%
13.9 min
421
424
Apr
88.8%
2.9 min
383
384
May
82.3%
21.2 min
395
396
Jun
81.1%
15.1 min
360
360
Jul
76.7%
20.3 min
420
424
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
185
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
166
Oct
73.5%
20.5 min
359
360
Nov
84.0%
6.9 min
474
482
Dec
85.3%
9.8 min
495
500
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 time82.1%3,690
Delayed >15 min17.2%775
Cancelled0.7%30
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.