Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times Feb 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.)
Alaska	10,299	46	0.45	19	27	351	78.3	80.0	1,355
Pinnacle	20,200	72	0.36	49	23	197	120.3	77.0	4,188
Atlantic Southeast	21,452	53	0.25	36	17	183	118.2	106.0	2,603
SkyWest	41,349	96	0.23	53	43	97	84.6	65.0	3,526
Northwest	21,950	43	0.20	41	2	179	88.5	82.0	3,579
ExpressJet	21,642	42	0.19	41	1	72	79.8	72.0	2,200
JetBlue	15,087	27	0.18	16	11	20	130.8	111.0	1,491
Mesa	18,150	31	0.17	22	9	159	98.3	79.0	1,505
Comair	11,733	19	0.16	15	4	149	107.3	90.0	1,162
American	42,915	69	0.16	63	6	325	119.6	76.0	5,092
Delta	32,600	52	0.16	51	1	1,946	99.4	74.0	4,483
American Eagle	31,965	49	0.15	38	11	145	145.3	66.0	2,820
AirTran	18,314	26	0.14	21	5	321	95.3	89.0	1,518
Hawaiian	5,658	8	0.14	7	1	2,556	94.6	76.0	351
United	29,896	33	0.11	29	4	105	106.3	67.0	1,926
Southwest	86,491	94	0.11	82	12	426	66.9	52.0	3,477
Continental	19,868	20	0.10	20	0	0	88.7	65.5	1,313
US Airways	32,317	29	0.09	26	3	306	79.1	71.0	1,642
Frontier	6,524	3	0.05	3	0	0	102.7	99.0	168
All Airlines	488,410	812	0.17	632	180	223	98.7	75.0	44,399

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Bureau of Transportation Statistics