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Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times January 2009
Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times January 2009
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 | 532,339 | 1,263 | 0.24 | 882 | 381 | 264 | 108.9 | 76.0 | 65,666 |
| Alaska | 11,212 | 89 | 0.79 | 44 | 45 | 388 | 124.5 | 99.0 | 3,833 |
| SkyWest | 44,443 | 226 | 0.51 | 108 | 118 | 117 | 95.0 | 76.0 | 8,310 |
| Pinnacle | 22,287 | 72 | 0.32 | 54 | 18 | 205 | 118.6 | 88.0 | 4,163 |
| JetBlue | 16,261 | 45 | 0.28 | 39 | 6 | 185 | 68.9 | 56.0 | 2,368 |
| ExpressJet | 23,242 | 58 | 0.25 | 54 | 4 | 82 | 86.0 | 67.0 | 3,061 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 23,307 | 58 | 0.25 | 37 | 21 | 154 | 107.8 | 89.0 | 2,214 |
| American | 47,739 | 117 | 0.25 | 104 | 13 | 593 | 104.3 | 69.0 | 10,165 |
| Mesa | 19,418 | 46 | 0.24 | 35 | 11 | 152 | 102.1 | 90.0 | 2,226 |
| Delta | 36,066 | 77 | 0.21 | 67 | 10 | 463 | 80.7 | 73.0 | 6,025 |
| American Eagle | 34,937 | 66 | 0.19 | 55 | 11 | 157 | 202.3 | 111.0 | 4,770 |
| AirTran | 19,450 | 35 | 0.18 | 30 | 5 | 352 | 111.2 | 81.0 | 1,556 |
| Southwest | 96,109 | 168 | 0.17 | 91 | 77 | 432 | 79.6 | 65.0 | 4,799 |
| United | 31,508 | 54 | 0.17 | 41 | 13 | 125 | 102.9 | 84.0 | 3,572 |
| US Airways | 35,934 | 60 | 0.17 | 47 | 13 | 267 | 84.7 | 58.0 | 2,840 |
| Comair | 12,713 | 20 | 0.16 | 14 | 6 | 235 | 82.8 | 69.0 | 1,177 |
| Hawaiian | 6,273 | 9 | 0.14 | 7 | 2 | 136 | 440.7 | 233.0 | 328 |
| Continental | 21,298 | 30 | 0.14 | 27 | 3 | 107 | 128.8 | 66.0 | 1,628 |
| Northwest | 22,945 | 28 | 0.12 | 25 | 3 | 990 | 197.0 | 77.0 | 2,421 |
| Frontier | 7,197 | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 2 | 136 | 67.7 | 63.0 | 210 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics