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 delay10:00–11:00-1.1min · 350 recorded · 350 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour8.2min10:00 ↔ 05:00
Recorded flights2,628RDM–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
7.13.0-1.1
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
6253130
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
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
92.3%
7.1 min
572
580
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
78
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
94.9%
-1.1 min
350
350
11:00
90.2%
1.8 min
307
307
12:00
88.6%
1.8 min
623
625
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
15:00
No observations
—
—
—
16:00
No observations
—
—
—
17:00
No observations
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—
—
18:00
No observations
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—
—
19:00
No observations
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—
—
20:00
No observations
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—
—
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
147
22:00
95.9%
-0.2 min
339
345
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
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
5.02.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3761880
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
91.7%
1.0 min
373
376
Tuesday
91.4%
5.0 min
373
376
Wednesday
92.5%
2.4 min
373
376
Thursday
92.7%
2.9 min
369
372
Friday
92.3%
1.9 min
375
376
Saturday
91.5%
0.5 min
375
376
Sunday
93.3%
1.7 min
373
376
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
14.45.4-3.6
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2481240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.0%
14.4 min
247
248
Feb
80.7%
12.0 min
217
224
Mar
92.7%
2.0 min
248
248
Apr
95.0%
-2.8 min
240
240
May
95.2%
-2.6 min
248
248
Jun
94.6%
3.6 min
240
240
Jul
91.1%
4.2 min
248
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
95.1%
-3.6 min
204
204
Nov
95.7%
-1.0 min
235
236
Dec
90.4%
1.3 min
240
248
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 time91.6%2,407
Delayed >15 min7.8%204
Cancelled0.6%17
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.