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 delay07:00–08:005.4min · 295 recorded · 293 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour9.3min07:00 ↔ 12:00
Recorded flights2,058SAT–SEA
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
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
14.87.40.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2951480
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
View the figures
Departure hour
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
00:00
No observations
—
—
—
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
192
07:00
86.7%
5.4 min
293
295
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
84
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
153
12:00
65.4%
14.8 min
292
294
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
No observations
—
—
—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
61
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
50
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
139
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
158
19:00
68.6%
14.4 min
255
257
20:00
No observations
—
—
—
21:00
No observations
—
—
—
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
23:00
79.3%
6.7 min
242
244
Day of week
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
14.27.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3191600
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
View the figures
Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
72.8%
11.8 min
309
314
Tuesday
79.1%
6.2 min
273
274
Wednesday
77.2%
6.4 min
263
263
Thursday
74.7%
12.8 min
312
316
Friday
77.6%
10.8 min
312
316
Saturday
72.2%
14.2 min
255
256
Sunday
68.9%
12.9 min
318
319
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
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
17.28.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2441220
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Hover, tap or focus a point to see its value, sample and source.
View the figures
Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
132
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
151
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
177
178
May
81.9%
7.3 min
221
221
Jun
69.2%
14.0 min
240
240
Jul
63.6%
17.2 min
242
244
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
114
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
94
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
166
170
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
200
Dec
71.0%
13.7 min
210
210
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%1,522
Delayed >15 min25.3%520
Cancelled0.8%16
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.