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 → Jun 9, 2026
Lowest average delay06:00–07:001.7min · 502 recorded · 466 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour11.6min06:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights2,093SAN–SBP
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
13.36.60.0
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
5022510
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
94.2%
1.7 min
466
502
07:00
No observations
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08:00
No observations
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09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
12:00
76.8%
12.5 min
314
316
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
113
14:00
74.8%
13.3 min
298
300
15:00
76.3%
9.8 min
228
228
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
53
53
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
18:00
No observations
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19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
15
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
164
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
203
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
118
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
18.29.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3051530
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.8%
8.8 min
284
300
Tuesday
87.6%
4.7 min
291
300
Wednesday
82.6%
6.5 min
293
297
Thursday
76.3%
14.6 min
278
290
Friday
71.6%
18.2 min
285
299
Saturday
87.2%
3.1 min
288
302
Sunday
73.0%
10.4 min
292
305
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
14.37.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2471240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.3%
3.2 min
238
246
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
191
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
197
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
180
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
187
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
138
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
117
122
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
99
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
56
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
194
Nov
77.4%
7.6 min
226
236
Dec
75.7%
14.3 min
222
247
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 time76.2%1,595
Delayed >15 min19.9%416
Cancelled3.9%82
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.