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 delay08:00–09:008.7min · 236 recorded · 235 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour0.8min08:00 ↔ 09:00
Recorded flights1,784SAN–STL
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
9.54.70.0
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
2361180
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
139
141
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
135
136
08:00
83.0%
8.7 min
235
236
09:00
83.8%
9.5 min
228
228
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
158
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
107
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
175
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
93
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
54
54
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
46
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
22:00
No observations
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—
—
23:00
No observations
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—
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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
20.710.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3321660
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
69.1%
15.7 min
246
248
Tuesday
80.1%
8.3 min
206
206
Wednesday
77.5%
10.7 min
200
200
Thursday
71.0%
15.9 min
245
246
Friday
69.7%
20.7 min
257
260
Saturday
76.7%
12.4 min
292
292
Sunday
69.7%
15.3 min
330
332
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
192960
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
150
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
177
178
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
150
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
150
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
72
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
192
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
184
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 time72.7%1,297
Delayed >15 min26.8%479
Cancelled0.4%8
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.