Tarmac Time: Time away from airport gate in minutes
Airlines
ranked by number of flights departing gate before cancellation
| Total Flights |
Total Cancelled Flights | Flights Departing Gate before Cancellation | Total Tarmac Time for Flights Departing Gate before Cancellation (Minutes) | Average Tarmac Time for Flights Departing Gate before Cancellation (Minutes) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle | 35,759 | 1,164 | 74 | 4,326 | 58 |
| SkyWest | 44,568 | 582 | 49 | 1,736 | 35 |
| Mesa | 20,421 | 396 | 34 | 1,581 | 47 |
| Pinnacle | 22,039 | 299 | 33 | 948 | 29 |
| US Airways | 34,691 | 325 | 32 | 1,595 | 50 |
| American | 45,605 | 717 | 29 | 2,050 | 71 |
| United | 31,387 | 579 | 29 | 2,074 | 72 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 24,770 | 788 | 27 | 1,181 | 44 |
| Delta | 35,184 | 375 | 19 | 949 | 50 |
| ExpressJet | 24,642 | 702 | 17 | 1,056 | 62 |
| Comair | 13,686 | 392 | 15 | 1,123 | 75 |
| Northwest | 24,675 | 114 | 12 | 573 | 48 |
| Continental | 22,040 | 152 | 9 | 1,072 | 119 |
| JetBlue | 16,899 | 545 | 4 | 235 | 59 |
| AirTran | 20,510 | 154 | 4 | 212 | 53 |
| Hawaiian | 5,876 | 26 | 4 | 36 | 9 |
| Alaska | 11,060 | 45 | 3 | 34 | 11 |
| Southwest | 96,875 | 553 | 2 | 79 | 40 |
| Frontier | 7,106 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 537,793 | 7,974 | 396 | 20,860 | 53 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics