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Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block March 2009
Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block March 2009
Tarmac Time: Longest single 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+ | |||
| Southwest | 99,384 | 178 | 141 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 47,819 | 151 | 19 | 19 | 44 | 50 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Express Jet | 25,291 | 148 | 63 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Skywest | 46,899 | 116 | 85 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 35,929 | 87 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 34,554 | 74 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pinnacle | 22,575 | 71 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 22,952 | 71 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 36,764 | 70 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 11,444 | 66 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 36,136 | 65 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 21,139 | 53 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 17,149 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 25,421 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 13,537 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 25,718 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 21,283 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,291 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 557,422 | 1,337 | 665 | 302 | 186 | 141 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics