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 delay07:00–08:00-0.8min · 500 recorded · 497 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.5min07:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,504SLC–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
9.74.4-0.8
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
6913460
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
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
07:00
93.0%
-0.8 min
497
500
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
54
55
09:00
89.5%
2.0 min
631
633
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
14
14
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
121
14:00
85.8%
4.8 min
684
691
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
17:00
88.1%
5.6 min
379
381
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
151
19:00
84.0%
8.7 min
263
267
20:00
75.9%
9.7 min
411
412
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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32
32
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
10.65.0-0.7
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5322660
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
87.2%
4.5 min
530
532
Tuesday
89.3%
-0.7 min
494
494
Wednesday
88.8%
4.1 min
498
498
Thursday
85.9%
7.8 min
517
522
Friday
84.2%
2.8 min
518
522
Saturday
85.3%
10.6 min
415
416
Sunday
83.1%
5.5 min
509
520
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
13.46.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3701850
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.6%
6.1 min
250
256
Feb
82.3%
13.4 min
260
260
Mar
90.3%
4.1 min
329
334
Apr
84.9%
4.2 min
324
324
May
89.2%
1.5 min
344
346
Jun
82.6%
7.4 min
357
360
Jul
86.1%
4.1 min
368
370
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
176
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
164
Oct
89.6%
0.3 min
280
280
Nov
88.5%
1.4 min
330
330
Dec
84.1%
7.4 min
302
304
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 time85.7%3,002
Delayed >15 min13.7%479
Cancelled0.7%23
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.