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 delay11:00–12:0018.0min · 325 recorded · 325 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour12.3min11:00 ↔ 08:00
Recorded flights2,868SFO–STL
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
30.315.10.0
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
5012510
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
—
1
1
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
157
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
160
08:00
60.6%
30.3 min
208
213
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
10:00
65.9%
18.6 min
498
501
11:00
65.5%
18.0 min
325
325
12:00
57.1%
26.4 min
287
288
13:00
53.0%
30.1 min
202
202
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
36
36
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
37
37
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
123
17:00
70.9%
19.0 min
278
281
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
92
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
155
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
25
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
76
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
26.913.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4422210
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
60.8%
26.9 min
431
434
Tuesday
68.9%
18.4 min
379
379
Wednesday
65.2%
18.7 min
411
411
Thursday
63.0%
24.6 min
430
431
Friday
65.4%
23.4 min
431
432
Saturday
75.8%
18.0 min
330
339
Sunday
64.1%
25.6 min
435
442
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
33.516.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3061530
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
79.7%
16.0 min
246
256
Feb
69.9%
19.1 min
226
226
Mar
76.0%
18.5 min
242
244
Apr
61.9%
29.5 min
270
274
May
56.9%
27.8 min
306
306
Jun
59.2%
24.9 min
284
284
Jul
46.3%
33.5 min
287
290
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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124
125
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
72.1%
13.0 min
226
226
Nov
67.2%
20.7 min
268
268
Dec
63.7%
27.8 min
248
249
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 time65.3%1,873
Delayed >15 min34.0%974
Cancelled0.7%21
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.