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 delay07:00–08:00-4.2min · 656 recorded · 651 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour5.9min07:00 ↔ 10:00
Recorded flights3,764SLC–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
1.7-1.2-4.2
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
7913960
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
No observations
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07:00
97.9%
-4.2 min
651
656
08:00
No observations
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09:00
No observations
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10:00
92.9%
1.7 min
352
352
11:00
96.0%
-1.3 min
298
301
12:00
92.7%
1.0 min
411
411
13:00
92.3%
-0.5 min
783
791
14:00
No observations
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15:00
93.4%
1.2 min
546
551
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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24
24
17:00
No observations
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18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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24
24
19:00
No observations
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20:00
96.8%
-2.4 min
441
444
21:00
97.1%
-2.7 min
208
210
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
1.8-1.4-4.6
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5442720
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
95.7%
0.3 min
539
544
Tuesday
97.4%
-4.6 min
533
535
Wednesday
93.5%
-2.3 min
523
530
Thursday
93.9%
-0.6 min
526
529
Friday
95.9%
1.1 min
537
540
Saturday
94.1%
-2.1 min
542
542
Sunday
91.6%
1.8 min
538
544
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
5.3-0.4-6.2
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3721860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
92.5%
5.3 min
360
368
Feb
91.8%
5.0 min
330
336
Mar
94.9%
-0.6 min
372
372
Apr
94.7%
-2.1 min
358
360
May
95.8%
-4.8 min
356
356
Jun
95.3%
-4.4 min
360
360
Jul
92.7%
-0.7 min
372
372
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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186
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
94.3%
-3.9 min
264
264
Nov
97.9%
-6.2 min
289
290
Dec
94.9%
2.8 min
311
320
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 time93.9%3,536
Delayed >15 min5.4%202
Cancelled0.7%26
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.