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 delay11:00–12:00-0.1min · 772 recorded · 771 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour8.0min11:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights4,236PSC–SLC
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
7.93.9-0.1
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
7723860
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
06:00
96.1%
0.7 min
456
458
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
192
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
144
144
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
132
11:00
93.0%
-0.1 min
771
772
12:00
90.4%
0.3 min
344
344
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
85
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
112
16:00
86.3%
3.4 min
510
510
17:00
87.8%
3.2 min
600
600
18:00
No observations
—
—
—
19:00
No observations
—
—
—
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
129
22:00
86.6%
7.9 min
396
398
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
125
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
4.72.1-0.5
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6223110
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
91.1%
0.4 min
621
622
Tuesday
91.8%
-0.5 min
613
614
Wednesday
92.2%
1.9 min
614
614
Thursday
89.9%
2.2 min
613
614
Friday
91.1%
2.0 min
618
620
Saturday
89.9%
2.5 min
542
542
Sunday
90.0%
4.7 min
609
610
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
6.62.8-1.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4842420
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.4%
6.6 min
348
350
Feb
86.1%
4.6 min
316
316
Mar
90.4%
4.2 min
366
366
Apr
92.5%
-0.7 min
360
360
May
92.3%
-1.0 min
452
452
Jun
93.0%
-0.2 min
468
470
Jul
89.0%
3.2 min
483
484
Aug
93.3%
-0.8 min
240
240
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
184
Oct
91.7%
-0.8 min
302
302
Nov
92.6%
4.3 min
351
352
Dec
88.9%
4.8 min
360
360
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 time90.7%3,844
Delayed >15 min9.1%386
Cancelled0.1%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.