Tarmac Time: The time away from the gate before a flight was
cancelled. May include multiple gate
departures.
Ranked by longest single tarmac time
| 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 | Actual Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Cancellation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | |||||||||||||
| American | 4/3 | 290 | 290 | 2306 | EGE | Eagle, CO | DFW | Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX | 5 | 735 | 722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United | 4/17 | 264 | 264 | 406 | DEN | Denver, CO | LGA | New York, NY | 5 | 1621 | 1626 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American | 4/3 | 240 | 240 | 2396 | EGE | Eagle, CO | JFK | New York, NY | 5 | 835 | 835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | Actual Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Cancellation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | |||||||||||||
| American Eagle | 4/5 | 203 | 203 | 4502 | ORD | Chicago, IL | AZO | Kalamazoo, MI | 7 | 1855 | 2032 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United | 4/17 | 198 | 198 | 517 | DEN | Denver, CO | SNA | Santa Ana, CA | 5 | 1755 | 1756 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United | 4/17 | 196 | 282 | 802 | DEN | Denver, CO | BOS | Boston, MA | 5 | 1550 | 1604 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mesa | 4/25 | 194 | 194 | 7083 | GRR | Grand Rapids, MI | ORD | Chicago, IL | 6 | 1521 | 1517 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 4/25 | 189 | 189 | 4265 | SGF | Springfield, MO | ORD | Chicago, IL | 6 | 1445 | 1445 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 4/23 | 186 | 186 | 5221 | ATL | Atlanta, GA | MOB | Mobile, AL | 4 | 1915 | 1907 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 4/12 | 184 | 184 | 64 | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 7 | 1104 | 1102 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 4/5 | 180 | 180 | 4520 | ORD | Chicago, IL | CWA | Wausau/Marshfield, WI | 7 | 1950 | 2028 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Comair | 4/21 | 180 | 180 | 6676 | DCA | Washington, DC | JFK | New York, NY | 2 | 1457 | 1810 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Total Tarmac Time is the flight's total time away from the gate before cancellation. The total time may include more than one departure from the gate.
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