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 delay06:00–07:001.1min · 484 recorded · 484 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.9min06:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights2,344PSC–SFO
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
18.09.00.0
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
5132570
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
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—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
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—
—
06:00
93.8%
1.1 min
484
484
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
87.9%
4.7 min
489
489
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
158
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
75.4%
18.0 min
512
513
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
36
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
80
80
16:00
No observations
—
—
—
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
10
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
101
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
165
168
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
173
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
56
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
16.88.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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3531770
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.7%
16.8 min
352
353
Tuesday
86.1%
6.9 min
330
330
Wednesday
82.7%
8.9 min
335
335
Thursday
81.1%
12.4 min
343
345
Friday
80.2%
12.2 min
338
338
Saturday
86.5%
12.7 min
311
311
Sunday
81.2%
9.9 min
329
332
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
37.418.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2451230
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
88.7%
6.0 min
222
222
Feb
82.7%
10.4 min
202
204
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
187
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
May
76.4%
18.3 min
203
203
Jun
70.2%
37.4 min
235
235
Jul
77.3%
9.3 min
220
220
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
111
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
99
Oct
86.8%
4.0 min
204
204
Nov
87.7%
3.2 min
235
236
Dec
84.4%
9.7 min
243
245
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 time82.6%1,937
Delayed >15 min17.1%401
Cancelled0.3%6
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.