Tarmac Time: The time away from the gate for flights that then
returned to the gate before resuming normal operation
Ranked by single longest tarmac time
| Airline | Flight Date | Single Longest Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Total Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Flight Number | Origin Airport | Origin City | Destination Airport | Destination City | Day of Week | Scheduled Departure Time | First Gate Departure Time | Second Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Delay (in mins.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | ||||||||||||||
| United | 6/10 | 276 | 307 | 777 | IAD | Washington, DC | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | 3 | 1742 | 1759 | 5 | 383 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 383 |
| ExpressJet | 6/10 | 275 | 326 | 5666 | IAD | Washington, DC | DAY | Dayton, OH | 3 | 1710 | 1715 | 2247 | 337 | 0 | 348 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 6/10 | 267 | 309 | 1308 | IAD | Washington, DC | JFK | New York, NY | 3 | 1659 | 1712 | 2304 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 362 |
| AirTran | 6/25 | 251 | 268 | 432 | DTW | Detroit, MI | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 4 | 1542 | 1538 | 2024 | 282 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 6/9 | 246 | 314 | 2 | JFK | New York, NY | BUF | Buffalo, NY | 2 | 605 | 605 | 1037 | 272 | 192 | 133 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 6/9 | 245 | 302 | 1015 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 1256 | 1341 | 1858 | 362 | 0 | 391 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 6/26 | 244 | 259 | 595 | HPN | White Plains, NY | MCO | Orlando, FL | 5 | 1530 | 1545 | 2129 | 359 | 15 | 342 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 6/9 | 243 | 285 | 1219 | DCA | Washington, DC | MIA | Miami, FL | 2 | 1625 | 1637 | 2146 | 321 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 317 |
| Airline | Flight Date | Single Longest Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Total Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Flight Number | Origin Airport | Origin City | Destination Airport | Destination City | Day of Week | Scheduled Departure Time | First Gate Departure Time | Second Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Delay (in mins.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | ||||||||||||||
| Delta | 6/3 | 238 | 255 | 1975 | DCA | Washington, DC | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 3 | 1700 | 1657 | 2151 | 291 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 6/30 | 228 | 268 | 515 | LGA | New York, NY | MSP | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | 1259 | 1301 | 1803 | 304 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 304 |
| US Airways | 6/9 | 227 | 321 | 973 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | CLT | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 1535 | 1540 | 2127 | 352 | 0 | 436 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 6/26 | 218 | 246 | 1419 | JFK | New York, NY | FLL | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 5 | 1830 | 1845 | 2323 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
| ExpressJet | 6/9 | 215 | 244 | 2077 | EWR | Newark, NJ | SAV | Savannah, GA | 2 | 1529 | 1527 | 1937 | 248 | 0 | 260 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 6/30 | 215 | 234 | 2640 | EWR | Newark, NJ | GRR | Grand Rapids, MI | 2 | 1459 | 1505 | 2036 | 337 | 0 | 328 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 6/26 | 213 | 287 | 863 | JFK | New York, NY | SFO | San Francisco, CA | 5 | 1720 | 1719 | 2154 | 274 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 274 |
| Southwest | 6/9 | 213 | 316 | 682 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | ABQ | Albuquerque, NM | 2 | 1525 | 1443 | 2046 | 321 | 0 | 403 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 6/3 | 210 | 271 | 7305 | IAD | Washington, DC | ORF | Norfolk, VA | 3 | 1801 | 1817 | 2341 | 340 | 0 | 370 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 6/11 | 209 | 226 | 1914 | DFW | Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 4 | 700 | 849 | 1305 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 364 |
| AirTran | 6/3 | 207 | 218 | 190 | DCA | Washington, DC | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 3 | 1633 | 1636 | 2223 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 341 |
| Comair | 6/11 | 205 | 225 | 6710 | DFW | Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX | CVG | Cincinnati, OH | 4 | 700 | 815 | 1310 | 370 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 370 |
| Southwest | 6/9 | 205 | 262 | 1033 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | AUS | Austin, TX | 2 | 1510 | 1535 | 2039 | 329 | 322 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 6/26 | 204 | 231 | 2358 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | DTW | Detroit, MI | 5 | 1835 | 1838 | 2332 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
| AirTran | 6/9 | 202 | 212 | 416 | ATL | Atlanta, GA | BWI | Baltimore, MD | 2 | 1940 | 2012 | 42 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 6/26 | 201 | 230 | 369 | LGA | New York, NY | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 5 | 1621 | 1633 | 2112 | 291 | 0 | 278 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 6/30 | 198 | 260 | 3496 | LGA | New York, NY | MDW | Chicago, IL | 2 | 1325 | 1323 | 1818 | 293 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 293 |
| US Airways | 6/19 | 197 | 282 | 1991 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | ORD | Chicago, IL | 5 | 955 | 1016 | 1340 | 225 | 0 | 276 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 6/9 | 195 | 202 | 6501 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | JFK | New York, NY | 2 | 645 | 645 | 1150 | 305 | 0 | 315 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 6/30 | 194 | 232 | 154 | ORD | Chicago, IL | BOS | Boston, MA | 2 | 1705 | 1903 | 831 | 926 | 0 | 933 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 6/9 | 193 | 272 | 769 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | RDU | Raleigh/Durham, NC | 2 | 1539 | 1559 | 2032 | 293 | 0 | 359 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 6/30 | 190 | 208 | 333 | LGA | New York, NY | ORD | Chicago, IL | 2 | 1405 | 1401 | 1849 | 284 | 0 | 268 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 6/30 | 189 | 246 | 12 | JFK | New York, NY | SYR | Syracuse, NY | 2 | 1510 | 1616 | 2157 | 407 | 66 | 349 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 6/3 | 187 | 243 | 2358 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | DTW | Detroit, MI | 3 | 1818 | 1830 | 2223 | 245 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 245 |
| Southwest | 6/9 | 187 | 228 | 3055 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | JAN | Jackson/Vicksburg, MS | 2 | 1545 | 1638 | 2223 | 398 | 0 | 369 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 6/19 | 186 | 252 | 611 | DCA | Washington, DC | ORD | Chicago, IL | 5 | 1045 | 1052 | 1538 | 293 | 0 | 365 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 6/9 | 185 | 270 | 933 | DCA | Washington, DC | CLT | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 1540 | 1626 | 2048 | 308 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 308 |
| Southwest | 6/9 | 185 | 201 | 949 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | IND | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 1625 | 1632 | 2027 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
| ExpressJet | 6/30 | 185 | 254 | 2038 | EWR | Newark, NJ | MSN | Madison, WI | 2 | 1329 | 1325 | 1818 | 289 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 289 |
| AirTran | 6/30 | 184 | 204 | 509 | LGA | New York, NY | MKE | Milwaukee, WI | 2 | 1322 | 1325 | 1853 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 6/26 | 181 | 222 | 1526 | ORD | Chicago, IL | EWR | Newark, NJ | 5 | 1425 | 1444 | 2005 | 340 | 0 | 335 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 6/9 | 181 | 212 | 429 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 1613 | 1614 | 2019 | 246 | 0 | 251 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 6/30 | 180 | 224 | 6495 | EWR | Newark, NJ | CVG | Cincinnati, OH | 2 | 1350 | 1335 | 1806 | 256 | 0 | 274 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 6/10 | 180 | 208 | 5663 | IAD | Washington, DC | ROC | Rochester, NY | 3 | 1647 | 1708 | 2239 | 352 | 0 | 344 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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