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Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block January 2009
Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block January 2009
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 | 532,339 | 1,263 | 377 | 276 | 134 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SkyWest | 44,443 | 226 | 61 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 96,109 | 168 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 47,739 | 117 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 11,212 | 89 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 36,066 | 77 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 22,287 | 72 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 34,937 | 66 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 35,934 | 60 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 23,307 | 58 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 23,242 | 58 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 31,508 | 54 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 19,418 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,261 | 45 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 19,450 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 21,298 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 22,945 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 12,713 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,273 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,197 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics