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 27, 2026
Lowest average delay06:00–07:00-4.6min · 466 recorded · 466 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour9.2min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights5,919SGU–SLC
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
4.60.0-4.6
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
1,0485240
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
171
06:00
98.3%
-4.6 min
466
466
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
195
09:00
93.6%
-1.8 min
796
798
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
93.7%
-2.6 min
966
969
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
92.7%
-1.1 min
1,047
1,048
14:00
No observations
—
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—
15:00
92.7%
-1.3 min
754
754
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
10
17:00
87.5%
4.4 min
697
697
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
38
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
111
20:00
91.0%
4.6 min
355
355
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
59
59
22:00
94.4%
1.2 min
233
233
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
1.0-1.1-3.3
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9004500
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
92.5%
0.8 min
870
870
Tuesday
94.4%
-3.3 min
838
838
Wednesday
94.5%
-1.5 min
852
854
Thursday
93.0%
-1.0 min
866
868
Friday
93.7%
-1.2 min
888
888
Saturday
91.7%
0.3 min
701
701
Sunday
92.2%
-0.2 min
898
900
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
1.0-1.4-3.8
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6763380
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
92.5%
-0.5 min
428
428
Feb
92.8%
-1.6 min
469
469
Mar
93.3%
0.9 min
601
601
Apr
93.1%
-1.0 min
610
610
May
93.8%
0.7 min
676
676
Jun
91.5%
0.7 min
554
554
Jul
90.0%
-0.6 min
522
522
Aug
94.3%
-2.6 min
264
264
Sep
95.2%
-3.3 min
292
292
Oct
93.3%
-1.3 min
538
538
Nov
93.8%
-1.4 min
534
540
Dec
96.0%
-3.8 min
425
425
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 time93.1%5,509
Delayed >15 min6.8%404
Cancelled0.1%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.