Tarmac Time: Longest single time away from airport gate for
flights later cancelled. May include more than one gate departure.
Airlines ranked by number of cancelled flights departing the
gate.
| Total Flights |
Cancelled Flights | Percent Cancelled (%) | Cancelled Flights Departing Gate | Tarmac Times (longest single time in minutes) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-14 | 15-29 | 30-59 | 60-119 | 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 180+ | |||||
| SkyWest | 46,899 | 933 | 0.02 | 69 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 35,929 | 883 | 0.02 | 54 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mesa | 21,139 | 615 | 0.03 | 47 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 36,136 | 697 | 0.02 | 46 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pinnacle | 22,575 | 534 | 0.02 | 40 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 25,421 | 1,342 | 0.05 | 37 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 47,819 | 1,057 | 0.02 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 36,764 | 1,084 | 0.03 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| United | 34,554 | 783 | 0.02 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 25,291 | 707 | 0.03 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 25,718 | 191 | 0.01 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 11,444 | 380 | 0.03 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 21,283 | 313 | 0.01 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Comair | 13,537 | 504 | 0.04 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 99,384 | 978 | 0.01 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 17,149 | 284 | 0.02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 22,952 | 287 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,291 | 106 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,137 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 557,422 | 11,682 | 0.02 | 432 | 92 | 155 | 92 | 64 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics