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 27, 2026
Lowest average delay08:00–09:004.9min · 328 recorded · 328 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.4min08:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights3,191PHX–SGU
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
18.49.20.0
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
3811910
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
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06:00
91.0%
10.0 min
268
268
07:00
90.8%
5.4 min
380
381
08:00
87.5%
4.9 min
328
328
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
90
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
88
88
11:00
74.6%
18.4 min
201
201
12:00
81.6%
11.9 min
370
370
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
155
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
16:00
83.3%
6.1 min
257
257
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
110
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
140
21:00
87.2%
15.1 min
243
243
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
150
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
25
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
13.66.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5022510
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.9%
7.5 min
483
483
Tuesday
89.0%
4.4 min
400
400
Wednesday
86.5%
9.4 min
406
406
Thursday
84.3%
8.7 min
497
498
Friday
81.6%
13.6 min
473
474
Saturday
83.9%
10.6 min
428
428
Sunday
80.9%
12.8 min
502
502
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
14.37.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3661830
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.7%
11.7 min
300
300
Feb
85.1%
11.9 min
296
298
Mar
81.4%
14.3 min
366
366
Apr
84.9%
9.5 min
344
344
May
85.5%
5.3 min
352
352
Jun
81.2%
9.4 min
282
282
Jul
82.1%
11.8 min
229
229
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
86
Oct
85.9%
7.3 min
248
248
Nov
81.6%
9.2 min
256
256
Dec
85.7%
12.0 min
308
308
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 time84.0%2,682
Delayed >15 min15.9%507
Cancelled0.1%2
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.