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 | 36,732 | 1,126 | 74 | 4,976 | 67 |
| Pinnacle | 22,381 | 528 | 58 | 4,235 | 73 |
| Mesa | 21,139 | 545 | 48 | 3,415 | 71 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 27,822 | 667 | 39 | 1,118 | 29 |
| Comair | 14,085 | 752 | 35 | 3,689 | 105 |
| SkyWest | 47,396 | 428 | 30 | 1,314 | 44 |
| US Airways | 34,774 | 373 | 30 | 2,610 | 87 |
| American | 46,140 | 1,277 | 27 | 2,443 | 90 |
| Northwest | 27,513 | 220 | 26 | 2,267 | 87 |
| United | 32,990 | 661 | 26 | 1,786 | 69 |
| Delta | 35,467 | 355 | 21 | 1,153 | 55 |
| ExpressJet | 28,195 | 299 | 16 | 1,394 | 87 |
| AirTran | 22,161 | 163 | 10 | 585 | 59 |
| Continental | 22,171 | 39 | 8 | 850 | 106 |
| Alaska | 12,138 | 34 | 6 | 85 | 14 |
| Southwest | 96,195 | 576 | 5 | 64 | 13 |
| Hawaiian | 6,133 | 26 | 3 | 35 | 12 |
| JetBlue | 16,504 | 161 | 2 | 61 | 31 |
| Frontier | 7,658 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 557,594 | 8,282 | 464 | 32,080 | 69 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics