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 delay07:00–08:000.4min · 859 recorded · 855 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour8.3min07:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights6,152PSP–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
8.64.30.0
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
8594300
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
No observations
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06:00
No observations
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07:00
93.0%
0.4 min
855
859
08:00
92.3%
1.2 min
208
208
09:00
92.4%
0.8 min
288
289
10:00
83.7%
5.3 min
636
640
11:00
88.5%
2.0 min
818
824
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
81
82
13:00
80.4%
8.6 min
317
318
14:00
83.7%
7.0 min
473
478
15:00
84.4%
6.8 min
786
794
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
85
17:00
85.8%
5.0 min
323
327
18:00
83.5%
7.0 min
387
388
19:00
79.4%
7.8 min
509
515
20:00
87.3%
3.2 min
339
343
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
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
7.93.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9054530
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.2%
3.2 min
897
905
Tuesday
90.2%
1.3 min
870
876
Wednesday
87.0%
3.4 min
851
856
Thursday
87.6%
2.5 min
876
877
Friday
84.7%
5.5 min
876
883
Saturday
85.1%
6.6 min
861
872
Sunday
83.5%
7.9 min
876
883
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
8.63.9-0.9
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8264130
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
88.1%
4.9 min
724
732
Feb
83.3%
8.4 min
660
668
Mar
82.1%
7.9 min
786
792
Apr
91.4%
1.4 min
826
826
May
84.9%
3.7 min
497
501
Jun
81.4%
8.6 min
279
280
Jul
81.7%
5.8 min
241
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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147
147
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
Oct
86.8%
3.0 min
491
493
Nov
91.8%
-0.9 min
660
665
Dec
84.8%
4.7 min
617
620
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 time85.8%5,280
Delayed >15 min13.4%827
Cancelled0.7%45
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.