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Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block October 2008
Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block October 2008
Tarmac Time: Longest time away from airport gate at the
diversion airport or airports.
Number of flights by longest tarmac time at diversion
airport. Does not include taxi-out
time at origin airport or taxi-in at scheduled destination. Airlines ranked
by number of diverted flights.
| Total Flights |
Diverted Flights | Tarmac Times (longest single time in minutes) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-14 | 15-29 | 30-59 | 60-119 | 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 180+ | |||
| All Airlines | 556,205 | 885 | 349 | 212 | 104 | 78 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Southwest | 101,756 | 132 | 79 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 49,788 | 92 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 24,095 | 88 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| SkyWest | 44,695 | 73 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 22,778 | 67 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 38,645 | 47 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 38,170 | 47 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 35,481 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 36,982 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mesa | 20,675 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 14,547 | 39 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 21,428 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 22,216 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 12,294 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 25,560 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AirTran | 20,544 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 13,547 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,569 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,435 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics