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Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times October 2008
Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times October 2008
Tarmac Time: Total time away from airport gate. Airlines ranked by percent of diverted flights.
| Total Flights |
Diverted Flights | Percent Diverted (%) | Diverted Flights that Reached Scheduled Destination | Diverted Flights that Failed to Reach Scheduled Destination | Average Distance from Diversion Airport to Scheduled Destination for Flights Remaining at Diversion Airport (in miles) | Average Time at Diversion Airport (including terminal and tarmac time) for Flights Reaching Scheduled Destination (in mins.) | Median Time at Diversion Airport (including terminal and tarmac time) for Flights Reaching Scheduled Destination (in mins.) | Total Tarmac Time for All Diverted Flights at Origin, Diversion and Destination Airports (in mins.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Airlines | 556,205 | 885 | 0.16 | 768 | 117 | 246 | 104.9 | 79.5 | 50,766 |
| ExpressJet | 24,095 | 88 | 0.37 | 83 | 5 | 216 | 123.5 | 92.0 | 7,726 |
| Continental | 22,778 | 67 | 0.29 | 61 | 6 | 63 | 146.0 | 124.0 | 5,421 |
| JetBlue | 14,547 | 39 | 0.27 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 102.8 | 82.5 | 2,111 |
| Alaska | 12,294 | 28 | 0.23 | 19 | 9 | 329 | 103.4 | 72.0 | 842 |
| Mesa | 20,675 | 42 | 0.20 | 37 | 5 | 73 | 100.3 | 86.0 | 2,021 |
| American | 49,788 | 92 | 0.18 | 82 | 10 | 140 | 104.8 | 83.0 | 6,836 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 21,428 | 36 | 0.17 | 34 | 2 | 376 | 91.0 | 74.0 | 1,620 |
| SkyWest | 44,695 | 73 | 0.16 | 51 | 22 | 112 | 84.1 | 74.0 | 2,592 |
| Pinnacle | 22,216 | 30 | 0.14 | 28 | 2 | 260 | 144.8 | 90.5 | 1,507 |
| Southwest | 101,756 | 132 | 0.13 | 104 | 28 | 365 | 69.5 | 56.0 | 3,994 |
| United | 35,481 | 46 | 0.13 | 38 | 8 | 335 | 100.6 | 94.5 | 3,018 |
| AirTran | 20,544 | 26 | 0.13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | 76.5 | 1,148 |
| American Eagle | 38,170 | 47 | 0.12 | 42 | 5 | 98 | 129.6 | 74.5 | 3,149 |
| US Airways | 36,982 | 45 | 0.12 | 41 | 4 | 887 | 99.0 | 80.0 | 2,338 |
| Delta | 38,645 | 47 | 0.12 | 42 | 5 | 253 | 92.9 | 83.0 | 3,653 |
| Northwest | 25,560 | 27 | 0.11 | 26 | 1 | 238 | 148.9 | 77.5 | 1,733 |
| Comair | 13,547 | 12 | 0.09 | 11 | 1 | 335 | 97.2 | 76.0 | 609 |
| Frontier | 7,569 | 5 | 0.07 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 88.8 | 75.0 | 343 |
| Hawaiian | 5,435 | 3 | 0.06 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 105 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics