Does Departure Time affect LoadFactor?

[Obeewan]

I am wondering if i have a flight depart my home base at 8am, and the same identical flight depart at 2am, will one have a different load factor because of the outrageously early departure time?

[Sami]

Yes it does, quite much even.

Best times are early morning 06-08 and afternoon/evening 15-20.

[Obeewan]

Thanks for the amazingly fast response Sami! That's good information to know.

[Kastor]

Well, there was one route where I were alone, and my overnight route was better than the morning one.
Now I have 3 rotations to one airport in the day and the afternoon one is better than both morning and evening one.
And whats interestiong, the morning one, where I have no competition, is weaker than the evening one where I have competition, so I dunno, how does it really work. Ticket prices the same on all 3 flights on that route.

[Sami]

if you mean the jfk-bos route .. they are all giving pretty same results, only +/- 3-5 pax which is normal daily randomness .