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Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block July 2009
Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block July 2009
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 | 47,674 | 208 | 13 | 22 | 61 | 96 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Southwest | 99,070 | 179 | 138 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 23,193 | 132 | 49 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Delta | 37,145 | 132 | 28 | 36 | 27 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ExpressJet | 29,711 | 125 | 62 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 29,197 | 113 | 70 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SkyWest | 48,953 | 102 | 60 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 35,730 | 96 | 36 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| United | 33,948 | 84 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| American Eagle | 38,097 | 81 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 23,195 | 78 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 29,328 | 75 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 21,792 | 61 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 23,889 | 59 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 17,480 | 57 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 14,373 | 50 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 12,786 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,928 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,645 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 580,134 | 1,664 | 693 | 420 | 248 | 232 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics