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 delay06:00–07:001.9min · 263 recorded · 256 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.3min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,081RNO–SAN
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
25.212.60.0
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
4092050
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
144
145
06:00
93.0%
1.9 min
256
263
07:00
92.1%
4.2 min
279
282
08:00
89.5%
2.0 min
325
328
09:00
87.6%
3.8 min
307
309
10:00
84.0%
5.5 min
281
283
11:00
75.9%
11.3 min
307
312
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
173
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
69
70
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
72
15:00
62.2%
20.5 min
312
316
16:00
63.7%
18.9 min
234
235
17:00
56.3%
25.2 min
206
210
18:00
60.7%
22.4 min
277
280
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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157
160
20:00
69.8%
13.8 min
205
208
21:00
58.1%
16.8 min
394
409
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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25
26
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
17.18.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6633320
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
74.5%
12.2 min
651
663
Tuesday
85.2%
4.5 min
521
528
Wednesday
79.8%
8.1 min
501
512
Thursday
67.4%
17.1 min
647
653
Friday
69.5%
16.8 min
653
660
Saturday
84.3%
4.6 min
402
405
Sunday
72.2%
12.8 min
643
660
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
18.19.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4402200
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.0%
7.7 min
344
348
Feb
81.8%
7.2 min
341
357
Mar
76.1%
12.2 min
397
402
Apr
71.4%
10.8 min
350
351
May
76.3%
9.2 min
372
376
Jun
70.3%
12.9 min
424
429
Jul
67.8%
13.8 min
438
440
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
174
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
156
Oct
72.7%
14.1 min
264
267
Nov
82.1%
7.2 min
346
355
Dec
71.7%
18.1 min
413
426
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 time74.1%3,022
Delayed >15 min24.4%996
Cancelled1.5%63
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.