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 delay07:00–08:001.5min · 371 recorded · 368 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour11.4min07:00 ↔ 12:00
Recorded flights3,632SAT–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
12.96.50.0
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
5342670
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
163
07:00
94.3%
1.5 min
368
371
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
123
09:00
85.1%
4.2 min
531
534
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
106
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
17
12:00
75.5%
12.9 min
417
419
13:00
86.9%
4.7 min
504
506
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
197
15:00
No observations
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16:00
No observations
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17:00
85.7%
5.7 min
231
233
18:00
79.4%
10.8 min
368
368
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
66
20:00
78.2%
11.6 min
467
471
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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58
58
22:00
No observations
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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
13.06.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5522760
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
82.1%
6.6 min
547
552
Tuesday
86.3%
5.4 min
534
535
Wednesday
86.1%
6.0 min
532
532
Thursday
79.5%
13.0 min
542
542
Friday
84.9%
4.6 min
543
545
Saturday
83.1%
8.1 min
385
393
Sunday
84.4%
7.2 min
526
533
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
11.75.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3541770
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.6%
9.4 min
332
338
Feb
83.9%
11.7 min
304
304
Mar
88.1%
2.8 min
352
354
Apr
84.7%
4.2 min
340
342
May
84.4%
6.7 min
346
346
Jun
82.5%
8.1 min
342
344
Jul
79.9%
10.9 min
354
354
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
154
Oct
88.9%
6.2 min
270
270
Nov
85.8%
4.9 min
309
312
Dec
79.4%
10.1 min
344
350
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 time83.3%3,024
Delayed >15 min16.1%585
Cancelled0.6%23
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.
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