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 delay11:00–12:0013.0min · 226 recorded · 221 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.2min11:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights1,739RDU–SJU
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
26.213.10.0
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
2541270
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
107
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
77
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
124
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
59
10:00
74.1%
16.2 min
224
224
11:00
81.9%
13.0 min
221
226
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
65
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
54
54
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
101
15:00
67.1%
26.2 min
252
254
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
130
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
42
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
46
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
79
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
57
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
90
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
4
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
29.214.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3101550
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
66.6%
29.2 min
299
306
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
174
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
173
Thursday
75.7%
11.3 min
243
243
Friday
83.1%
11.3 min
308
310
Saturday
69.0%
26.5 min
268
279
Sunday
70.2%
15.0 min
248
254
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
26.313.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2251130
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
176
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
139
140
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
185
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
164
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
168
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
84
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
36
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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147
149
Dec
69.6%
26.3 min
224
225
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 time74.0%1,287
Delayed >15 min24.5%426
Cancelled1.5%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.