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 delay07:00–08:00-3.5min · 402 recorded · 397 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour19.0min07:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights2,537PIT–RDU
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
15.56.0-3.5
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
4272140
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
06:00
96.2%
-2.6 min
423
427
07:00
95.0%
-3.5 min
397
402
08:00
93.4%
-1.7 min
364
367
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
45
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
2
2
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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9
9
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
34
16:00
82.6%
8.0 min
311
313
17:00
84.5%
7.3 min
316
324
18:00
80.2%
12.1 min
257
262
19:00
71.2%
15.5 min
305
309
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
21:00
No observations
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22:00
No observations
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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
6.53.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3751880
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.3%
2.9 min
371
374
Tuesday
88.4%
1.7 min
369
374
Wednesday
89.0%
2.7 min
372
374
Thursday
86.0%
3.7 min
358
364
Friday
86.5%
6.5 min
371
375
Saturday
90.8%
3.9 min
303
310
Sunday
85.2%
4.5 min
358
366
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
14.06.2-1.6
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2481240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
91.7%
-1.3 min
230
242
Feb
89.6%
-0.7 min
212
220
Mar
89.8%
4.5 min
246
248
Apr
91.2%
0.2 min
238
238
May
89.0%
0.1 min
227
229
Jun
80.4%
14.0 min
229
230
Jul
76.5%
13.3 min
234
242
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
114
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
120
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
197
198
Nov
93.1%
-1.6 min
218
218
Dec
83.6%
6.6 min
238
238
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 time86.3%2,190
Delayed >15 min12.3%312
Cancelled1.4%35
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.