Tarmac Time: Longest single time away from airport gate at the diversion airport or airports.
Number of flights by longest tarmac time at diversion airport. Does not include taxi-out time at origin airport or taxi-in at scheduled destination. Airlines ranked by number of diverted flights.
| Total Flights |
Diverted Flights | 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 | 46,140 | 305 | 34 | 38 | 76 | 124 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Southwest | 96,195 | 249 | 182 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United | 32,990 | 151 | 30 | 37 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| SkyWest | 47,396 | 146 | 85 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Eagle | 36,732 | 146 | 48 | 22 | 31 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 35,467 | 142 | 26 | 36 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 27,822 | 112 | 73 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 22,161 | 101 | 46 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 28,195 | 98 | 54 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 22,381 | 92 | 34 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 22,171 | 91 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| US Airways | 34,774 | 87 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 21,139 | 72 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 27,513 | 69 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Comair | 14,085 | 57 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,504 | 47 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,658 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 12,138 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,133 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 557,594 | 2,012 | 814 | 462 | 318 | 322 | 73 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics