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 delay06:00–07:00-5.9min · 226 recorded · 226 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.9min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,966SLC–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
5.0-0.5-5.9
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
6723360
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
96.0%
-2.8 min
224
224
06:00
97.8%
-5.9 min
226
226
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
146
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
63
09:00
96.4%
-3.2 min
670
672
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
44
11:00
94.4%
-0.8 min
410
410
12:00
95.8%
-2.5 min
216
217
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
15:00
93.2%
0.7 min
642
643
16:00
91.2%
-0.0 min
250
250
17:00
86.6%
5.0 min
335
336
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
20:00
86.8%
4.3 min
529
529
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
128
22:00
No observations
—
—
—
23:00
No observations
—
—
—
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
2.40.2-2.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5842920
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
93.7%
-1.6 min
568
568
Tuesday
94.3%
-0.9 min
558
558
Wednesday
94.4%
-0.6 min
556
556
Thursday
92.6%
-1.4 min
568
568
Friday
93.7%
-2.0 min
567
572
Saturday
93.2%
-1.1 min
560
560
Sunday
90.8%
2.4 min
584
584
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
4.20.5-3.3
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3921960
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
92.5%
0.4 min
374
374
Feb
93.8%
-0.7 min
352
352
Mar
92.6%
-1.3 min
391
392
Apr
94.6%
-3.3 min
368
368
May
94.6%
-1.9 min
372
372
Jun
90.8%
3.0 min
360
360
Jul
92.9%
-1.3 min
368
368
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
95.0%
-3.1 min
302
302
Nov
95.1%
-2.5 min
348
352
Dec
88.6%
4.2 min
360
360
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%3,692
Delayed >15 min6.8%269
Cancelled0.1%5
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.