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 | 36,732 | 1,126 | 3.07 | 74 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pinnacle | 22,381 | 528 | 2.36 | 58 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mesa | 21,139 | 545 | 2.58 | 48 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 27,822 | 667 | 2.40 | 39 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 14,085 | 752 | 5.34 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| SkyWest | 47,396 | 428 | 0.90 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| US Airways | 34,774 | 373 | 1.07 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American | 46,140 | 1,277 | 2.77 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| United | 32,990 | 661 | 2.00 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Northwest | 27,513 | 220 | 0.80 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Delta | 35,467 | 355 | 1.00 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 28,195 | 299 | 1.06 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| AirTran | 22,161 | 163 | 0.74 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 22,171 | 39 | 0.18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alaska | 12,138 | 34 | 0.28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 96,195 | 576 | 0.60 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,133 | 26 | 0.42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,504 | 161 | 0.98 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,658 | 52 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 557,594 | 8,282 | 1.49 | 464 | 59 | 119 | 112 | 74 | 60 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 40 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics