Best time to fly out of Victoria (VCT)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Victoria: departures in the Before 6am band left on time 88.7% of the time, against 76.9% in the 4–6pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | 91 | 91 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 85 | 84 |
| 6–8am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | 69 | – | 78 | 82 | 78 | – | 79 |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at VCT was Before 6am — 88.7% of departures left on time across 1,034 flights. The weakest was 4–6pm at 76.9%.
The year at VCT
June was the hard month at VCT: 79.5% of departures left on time, across 158 flights. August was the easy one at 89.4%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 160 |
| February | 86.5% | 148 |
| March | 82.9% | 171 |
| April | 87.4% | 154 |
| May | 83.6% | 163 |
| June | 79.5% | 158 |
| July | 80.3% | 164 |
| August | 89.4% | 113 |
| September | 86.8% | 152 |
| October | 81.4% | 161 |
| November | 84.2% | 158 |
| December | 87% | 163 |
Airlines at VCT
Every airline with at least 100 departures from VCT, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 84.4% | 178 min | 2.6% | 1,865 |
What delays out of VCT were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 312 flights that departed VCT and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 47.7% put down to late-arriving aircraft and 35.3% to airline operations.
- Late-arriving aircraft 47.7%
- Airline operations 35.3%
- Air traffic & airport volume 8.8%
- Severe weather 8.2%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through VCT
Of 1,865 scheduled arrivals into VCT, 78.1% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 356 arrivals that ran late, 33.1% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of VCT
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
- IAH 82.8% on time · 1,865 flights
VCT in one number
Victoria (VCT)
Rank 299 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: Before 6am. Hardest month: June.
Questions about VCT
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Victoria?
- Before 6am. Departures in that band left on time 88.7% of the time across 1,034 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 4–6pm band was the weakest at 76.9%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of VCT?
- June: 79.5% of the departures that flew left on time, with 158 scheduled. August was the other end of the year at 89.4%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at VCT?
- 2.6% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.