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 delay07:00–08:00-0.2min · 736 recorded · 733 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.0min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights10,166SAN–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
15.87.8-0.2
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
1,4737370
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
95.4%
3.3 min
691
694
07:00
94.4%
-0.2 min
733
736
08:00
88.8%
3.6 min
644
645
09:00
90.1%
5.5 min
695
699
10:00
83.8%
9.5 min
640
645
11:00
82.2%
9.2 min
1,039
1,045
12:00
79.0%
8.9 min
391
391
13:00
79.6%
10.7 min
805
811
14:00
79.0%
10.8 min
205
205
15:00
76.1%
12.2 min
916
921
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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168
168
17:00
76.8%
12.1 min
1,469
1,473
18:00
73.0%
15.8 min
311
314
19:00
83.4%
8.4 min
649
654
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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124
125
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
128
22:00
86.9%
5.9 min
480
484
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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28
28
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
14.27.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,5667830
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.0%
5.5 min
1,510
1,514
Tuesday
87.6%
4.4 min
1,413
1,417
Wednesday
87.2%
5.3 min
1,402
1,410
Thursday
79.4%
12.4 min
1,448
1,456
Friday
78.8%
14.2 min
1,506
1,515
Saturday
83.9%
7.7 min
1,278
1,288
Sunday
80.1%
9.2 min
1,559
1,566
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
16.18.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0585290
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.9%
10.3 min
917
921
Feb
82.9%
9.1 min
899
906
Mar
86.9%
5.5 min
1,053
1,058
Apr
85.9%
4.6 min
1,001
1,002
May
86.1%
5.6 min
898
902
Jun
77.8%
10.1 min
932
938
Jul
78.1%
10.9 min
984
984
Aug
82.0%
8.1 min
416
416
Sep
87.1%
3.8 min
356
360
Oct
84.1%
8.1 min
746
746
Nov
85.7%
6.1 min
914
926
Dec
79.5%
16.1 min
1,000
1,007
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 time82.6%8,402
Delayed >15 min16.9%1,714
Cancelled0.5%50
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.