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 delay18:00–19:0011.4min · 230 recorded · 228 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.1min18:00 ↔ 08:00
Recorded flights1,005SFO–SUN
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
24.512.20.0
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
2451230
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
40
08:00
64.8%
24.5 min
244
245
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
108
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
116
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
44
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
90
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
17:00
No observations
—
—
—
18:00
84.7%
11.4 min
228
230
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
14
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
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
12.06.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2201100
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
115
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
106
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
103
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
129
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
173
Saturday
82.7%
12.0 min
219
220
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
159
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
170850
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
170
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
146
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
156
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
92
92
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
138
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
Nov
No observations
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—
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Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
128
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 time75.9%763
Delayed >15 min23.5%236
Cancelled0.6%6
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.