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+ | |||||
| American Eagle | 37,408 | 819 | 2.19 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Comair | 14,495 | 309 | 2.13 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| US Airways | 35,594 | 338 | 0.95 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 46,622 | 642 | 1.38 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SkyWest | 44,689 | 338 | 0.76 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 20,714 | 241 | 1.16 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Pinnacle | 22,023 | 185 | 0.84 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 25,124 | 196 | 0.78 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 31,798 | 400 | 1.26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 35,230 | 166 | 0.47 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 25,292 | 218 | 0.86 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 21,264 | 126 | 0.59 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 11,796 | 24 | 0.20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 25,086 | 58 | 0.23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 21,950 | 33 | 0.15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 97,696 | 570 | 0.58 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,122 | 16 | 0.26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,711 | 51 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,218 | 62 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 546,832 | 4,792 | 0.88 | 278 | 62 | 85 | 69 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics