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 | 38,097 | 827 | 2.17 | 48 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| US Airways | 35,730 | 376 | 1.05 | 44 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Comair | 14,373 | 783 | 5.45 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pinnacle | 23,889 | 469 | 1.96 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 47,674 | 631 | 1.32 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 29,197 | 587 | 2.01 | 33 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 21,792 | 349 | 1.60 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SkyWest | 48,953 | 351 | 0.72 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 33,948 | 533 | 1.57 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Northwest | 29,328 | 150 | 0.51 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 29,711 | 362 | 1.22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 37,145 | 284 | 0.76 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JetBlue | 17,480 | 327 | 1.87 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Continental | 23,193 | 93 | 0.40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 23,195 | 142 | 0.61 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 12,786 | 46 | 0.36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,645 | 4 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 99,070 | 466 | 0.47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,928 | 58 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 580,134 | 6,838 | 1.18 | 394 | 59 | 113 | 68 | 78 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics