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 delay06:00–07:002.2min · 216 recorded · 215 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.4min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,219RDU–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
15.67.80.0
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
7643820
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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—
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03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
05:00
No observations
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—
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06:00
90.7%
2.2 min
215
216
07:00
86.4%
6.0 min
757
764
08:00
84.1%
4.9 min
340
340
09:00
79.1%
8.1 min
287
287
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
36
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
No observations
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14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
83.8%
6.5 min
568
572
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
55
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
196
18:00
63.1%
15.6 min
312
314
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
101
20:00
No observations
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—
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21:00
72.9%
10.2 min
225
228
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
105
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
12.16.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4752380
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.3%
12.1 min
469
473
Tuesday
84.3%
4.9 min
439
439
Wednesday
83.0%
7.3 min
447
447
Thursday
81.1%
6.7 min
461
463
Friday
80.3%
7.1 min
471
474
Saturday
82.3%
6.5 min
441
448
Sunday
79.4%
8.9 min
465
475
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
13.66.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3721860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.3%
7.8 min
245
252
Feb
83.4%
4.5 min
211
216
Mar
85.5%
6.3 min
262
265
Apr
84.0%
5.9 min
299
299
May
83.0%
6.4 min
371
372
Jun
77.8%
10.4 min
360
360
Jul
71.8%
13.6 min
369
370
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
176
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Oct
88.9%
2.8 min
208
209
Nov
84.7%
3.5 min
248
249
Dec
71.2%
13.4 min
295
297
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 time80.1%2,578
Delayed >15 min19.1%615
Cancelled0.8%26
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.