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Table 10 Multiple Gate Departures with Tarmac Time of Three Hours or More Feb 2009
Table 10 Multiple Gate Departures with Tarmac Time of Three Hours or More Feb 2009
Tarmac Time: The time away from the gate for flights that then returned to the gate before resuming normal operation.
Ranked by longest single tarmac time.
Tarmac Time of Four Hours or More
| Airline | Flight Date | Longest Single Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Total Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Flight Number | Origin Airport | Origin City | Destination Airport | Destination City | Day of Week | Scheduled Departure Time | First Gate Departure Time | Second Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Delay (in mins.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | ||||||||||||||
| Northwest | 2/3 | 240 | 367 | 1761 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | DTW | Detroit, MI | 2 | 1955 | 2103 | 157 | 362 | 294 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
Tarmac Time of Three Hours or More
| Airline | Flight Date | Longest Single Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Total Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Flight Number | Origin Airport | Origin City | Destination Airport | Destination City | Day of Week | Scheduled Departure Time | First Gate Departure Time | Second Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Delay (in mins.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | ||||||||||||||
| US Airways | 2/4 | 217 | 247 | 873 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | 3 | 750 | 748 | 1151 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
| Northwest | 2/26 | 183 | 244 | 510 | MSP | Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN | LGA | New York, NY | 4 | 1305 | 1302 | 1645 | 220 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 220 |
| Pinnacle | 2/18 | 180 | 188 | 5849 | LIT | Little Rock, AR | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 3 | 1527 | 1615 | 2115 | 348 | 0 | 331 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Note: Multiple Gate Departures are flights that leave the gate at least once, return to the gate and then leave the gate a final time for departure to the scheduled destination. If the three-hour tarmac time takes place during any of the times away from the gate it is classified as a multiple gate departure. If the three-hour time takes place during final departure before wheels-off, the flight is classified as a Taxi-out.
Day of Week Code
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday
7 Sunday