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 delay09:00–10:001.0min · 718 recorded · 718 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.4min09:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights6,653PSC–SEA
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
14.47.20.0
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
7483740
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
94.7%
5.3 min
581
583
06:00
94.7%
4.7 min
300
300
07:00
No observations
—
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08:00
87.3%
4.4 min
409
414
09:00
91.4%
1.0 min
718
718
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
11:00
83.0%
5.9 min
607
616
12:00
85.6%
3.0 min
202
203
13:00
86.4%
4.1 min
594
603
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
75
15:00
87.2%
4.2 min
747
748
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
129
17:00
88.1%
2.5 min
713
715
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
80
80
19:00
84.0%
6.6 min
325
330
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
173
21:00
87.1%
14.4 min
263
264
22:00
80.6%
9.7 min
474
476
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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72
74
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
7.83.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9974990
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.1%
4.4 min
994
997
Tuesday
88.9%
3.8 min
918
922
Wednesday
87.2%
5.3 min
898
902
Thursday
86.6%
5.8 min
964
971
Friday
86.4%
5.2 min
982
997
Saturday
86.0%
4.3 min
877
884
Sunday
85.9%
7.8 min
980
980
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
12.36.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7303650
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.6%
12.3 min
597
598
Feb
81.0%
10.7 min
515
519
Mar
87.6%
6.5 min
524
530
Apr
87.1%
3.6 min
511
511
May
88.6%
1.8 min
727
730
Jun
85.6%
4.3 min
576
576
Jul
86.7%
3.1 min
556
556
Aug
90.7%
1.3 min
356
360
Sep
88.0%
1.8 min
334
334
Oct
89.7%
3.6 min
602
606
Nov
89.7%
3.6 min
621
636
Dec
85.2%
8.2 min
694
697
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%5,744
Delayed >15 min13.1%869
Cancelled0.6%40
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.