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 delay10:00–11:000.9min · 657 recorded · 656 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.4min10:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights4,352RDM–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
21.310.70.0
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
7843920
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
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—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
196
06:00
94.2%
3.2 min
397
400
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
115
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
10:00
91.0%
0.9 min
656
657
11:00
No observations
—
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12:00
No observations
—
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13:00
63.0%
21.3 min
781
784
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
113
16:00
79.7%
10.8 min
469
484
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
94
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
172
19:00
68.2%
18.5 min
595
607
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
117
21:00
74.0%
20.6 min
365
370
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
80
86
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
16.28.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6653330
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.2%
15.8 min
637
648
Tuesday
81.1%
9.4 min
566
570
Wednesday
78.5%
10.8 min
600
608
Thursday
75.0%
14.7 min
648
665
Friday
76.9%
14.9 min
641
650
Saturday
80.3%
9.6 min
544
549
Sunday
74.4%
16.2 min
652
662
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
22.811.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5082540
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.5%
13.4 min
303
308
Feb
76.5%
16.5 min
289
302
Mar
81.7%
8.3 min
366
372
Apr
79.2%
10.9 min
356
360
May
75.4%
12.6 min
390
393
Jun
68.1%
20.5 min
470
474
Jul
63.8%
22.8 min
508
508
Aug
84.2%
5.7 min
228
228
Sep
84.5%
2.6 min
226
226
Oct
84.5%
3.8 min
393
393
Nov
80.2%
10.2 min
414
421
Dec
76.2%
21.1 min
345
367
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 time75.8%3,297
Delayed >15 min22.8%991
Cancelled1.5%64
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.