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 | 37,408 | 819 | 43 | 2,530 | 59 |
| Comair | 14,495 | 309 | 35 | 2,008 | 57 |
| US Airways | 35,594 | 338 | 33 | 1,388 | 42 |
| American | 46,622 | 642 | 26 | 985 | 38 |
| SkyWest | 44,689 | 338 | 25 | 634 | 25 |
| Mesa | 20,714 | 241 | 23 | 1,832 | 80 |
| Pinnacle | 22,023 | 185 | 21 | 576 | 27 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 25,124 | 196 | 19 | 535 | 28 |
| United | 31,798 | 400 | 17 | 627 | 37 |
| Delta | 35,230 | 166 | 10 | 331 | 33 |
| Alaska | 11,796 | 24 | 5 | 77 | 15 |
| AirTran | 21,264 | 126 | 5 | 336 | 67 |
| ExpressJet | 25,292 | 218 | 5 | 129 | 26 |
| Northwest | 25,086 | 58 | 4 | 186 | 47 |
| Continental | 21,950 | 33 | 3 | 132 | 44 |
| Hawaiian | 6,122 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 12 |
| Southwest | 97,696 | 570 | 2 | 24 | 12 |
| JetBlue | 16,218 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,711 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 546,832 | 4,792 | 278 | 12,354 | 44 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics