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 delay08:00–09:005.3min · 418 recorded · 416 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.4min08:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,598SEA–TPA
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
21.710.90.0
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
7353680
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
No observations
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07:00
83.2%
8.0 min
730
735
08:00
90.6%
5.3 min
416
418
09:00
79.4%
10.1 min
675
679
10:00
83.7%
7.5 min
208
208
11:00
77.4%
13.8 min
399
401
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
79
79
13:00
No observations
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14:00
No observations
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15:00
No observations
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16:00
No observations
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17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
40
18:00
63.5%
21.7 min
480
484
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
64
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
21:00
77.2%
10.5 min
369
369
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
91
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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29
29
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
14.67.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5282640
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.2%
13.2 min
527
528
Tuesday
79.2%
8.2 min
499
501
Wednesday
81.4%
7.7 min
500
501
Thursday
78.7%
11.5 min
517
519
Friday
79.8%
11.5 min
524
527
Saturday
79.9%
11.6 min
492
494
Sunday
75.4%
14.6 min
520
528
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
17.18.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3711860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.6%
8.9 min
320
322
Feb
83.4%
5.8 min
314
314
Mar
76.8%
12.5 min
357
364
Apr
83.6%
7.9 min
348
348
May
79.2%
12.1 min
370
371
Jun
74.4%
13.7 min
360
360
Jul
72.6%
17.1 min
368
370
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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176
176
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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154
154
Oct
76.5%
13.2 min
200
203
Nov
85.5%
4.4 min
268
268
Dec
75.9%
15.7 min
344
348
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 time78.3%2,819
Delayed >15 min21.1%760
Cancelled0.5%19
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.