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 delay07:00–08:006.0min · 226 recorded · 226 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour8.3min07:00 ↔ 09:00
Recorded flights3,585SFO–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
14.47.20.0
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
5222610
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
161
07:00
87.2%
6.0 min
226
226
08:00
83.0%
9.2 min
522
522
09:00
69.7%
14.4 min
313
313
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
37
37
12:00
81.6%
7.8 min
374
374
13:00
81.8%
14.3 min
462
468
14:00
No observations
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15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
163
16:00
80.8%
10.7 min
286
289
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
106
110
18:00
86.6%
7.3 min
492
494
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
197
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
197
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
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
16.68.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5352680
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.0%
16.6 min
535
535
Tuesday
87.0%
5.2 min
475
477
Wednesday
78.6%
11.7 min
518
521
Thursday
78.5%
13.1 min
512
517
Friday
76.0%
14.1 min
517
518
Saturday
88.4%
5.0 min
481
484
Sunday
80.2%
12.9 min
529
533
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
24.412.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4172090
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.7%
11.3 min
341
348
Feb
81.8%
10.6 min
319
319
Mar
84.9%
10.4 min
344
346
Apr
77.6%
9.8 min
353
353
May
73.1%
14.7 min
346
346
Jun
77.1%
11.1 min
292
292
Jul
71.4%
14.5 min
290
290
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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150
150
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
82.3%
7.6 min
237
238
Nov
86.2%
7.0 min
412
417
Dec
75.5%
24.4 min
363
366
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 time79.9%2,865
Delayed >15 min19.6%702
Cancelled0.5%18
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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