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 delay06:00–07:0011.8min · 465 recorded · 456 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.1min06:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights4,181SBP–SFO
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
26.913.50.0
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
6663330
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
06:00
88.8%
11.8 min
456
465
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
08:00
66.4%
23.3 min
431
433
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
69
69
10:00
70.3%
17.8 min
458
458
11:00
82.2%
12.7 min
225
225
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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53
53
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
78
14:00
71.0%
17.0 min
663
666
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
16:00
79.2%
13.1 min
341
349
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
41
41
18:00
79.0%
18.4 min
567
584
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
71
71
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
175
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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116
117
22:00
81.0%
26.9 min
336
346
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
22.211.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6313160
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.5%
20.3 min
603
611
Tuesday
83.7%
8.6 min
558
564
Wednesday
75.1%
17.0 min
582
591
Thursday
75.3%
20.5 min
592
605
Friday
72.3%
22.2 min
606
611
Saturday
79.1%
21.5 min
565
568
Sunday
73.6%
19.1 min
622
631
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
32.116.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4682340
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.9%
11.0 min
356
358
Feb
78.7%
24.8 min
314
324
Mar
80.7%
16.5 min
373
376
Apr
71.6%
20.0 min
402
402
May
71.5%
17.6 min
407
409
Jun
69.0%
20.4 min
358
360
Jul
65.9%
25.9 min
366
368
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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186
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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170
170
Oct
79.7%
11.2 min
399
399
Nov
77.5%
21.4 min
448
468
Dec
75.4%
32.1 min
349
361
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 time75.0%3,136
Delayed >15 min23.7%992
Cancelled1.3%53
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.