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 delay09:00–10:000.0min · 373 recorded · 372 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.2min09:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights2,530SFO–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
15.27.60.0
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
5652830
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
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
05:00
No observations
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—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
150
07:00
91.2%
3.5 min
228
228
08:00
91.7%
1.0 min
563
565
09:00
94.1%
0.0 min
372
373
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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72
72
11:00
No observations
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—
—
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
26
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
18:00
78.6%
15.2 min
275
276
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
150
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
21:00
83.3%
8.5 min
233
233
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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42
42
23:00
88.8%
3.6 min
251
252
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
10.65.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3901950
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.4%
8.6 min
384
384
Tuesday
91.8%
1.1 min
304
304
Wednesday
90.9%
2.5 min
363
364
Thursday
82.9%
9.6 min
385
386
Friday
88.0%
5.0 min
366
370
Saturday
87.3%
7.1 min
330
332
Sunday
80.8%
10.6 min
390
390
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
13.26.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2871440
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
89.6%
5.7 min
287
287
Feb
88.4%
3.7 min
242
242
Mar
87.3%
5.7 min
284
286
Apr
88.8%
3.1 min
232
232
May
82.8%
8.0 min
232
232
Jun
80.4%
10.4 min
214
216
Jul
78.3%
13.2 min
230
230
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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97
98
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
Nov
89.5%
5.4 min
237
239
Dec
83.9%
8.4 min
285
286
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 time86.0%2,177
Delayed >15 min13.6%345
Cancelled0.3%8
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.