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 delay07:00–08:00-0.7min · 405 recorded · 403 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.5min07:00 ↔ 10:00
Recorded flights3,814SEA–TUS
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
12.86.1-0.7
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
4502250
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
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
17
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
198
198
07:00
93.6%
-0.7 min
403
405
08:00
91.4%
0.7 min
384
384
09:00
89.1%
2.8 min
395
397
10:00
82.1%
12.8 min
201
201
11:00
75.7%
9.8 min
448
450
12:00
89.2%
0.0 min
260
260
13:00
90.7%
1.4 min
259
262
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
15:00
77.6%
11.8 min
250
251
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
197
199
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
84
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
111
19:00
79.6%
6.4 min
275
276
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
125
21:00
No observations
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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
8.74.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5642820
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
85.4%
4.1 min
562
564
Tuesday
83.1%
6.3 min
533
533
Wednesday
86.5%
4.0 min
534
534
Thursday
86.2%
7.4 min
558
560
Friday
85.7%
3.3 min
558
564
Saturday
85.1%
6.3 min
491
495
Sunday
79.2%
8.7 min
562
564
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
11.05.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3721860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.5%
11.0 min
357
358
Feb
79.9%
8.3 min
318
320
Mar
82.7%
7.7 min
353
362
Apr
86.1%
2.9 min
359
360
May
89.2%
2.3 min
371
371
Jun
83.1%
7.9 min
360
360
Jul
86.8%
4.3 min
372
372
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
85.7%
3.8 min
265
267
Nov
83.4%
5.7 min
337
338
Dec
80.9%
7.4 min
340
340
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 time84.1%3,207
Delayed >15 min15.5%591
Cancelled0.4%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.
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