Tarmac Time: The time away from the gate for flights that then
returned to the gate before resuming normal operation
Ranked by longest single tarmac time
| Airline | Flight Date | Longest Single 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 | 7/29 | 265 | 337 | 163 | JFK | New York, NY | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | 3 | 1645 | 1641 | 2237 | 352 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 352 |
| US Airways | 7/26 | 249 | 329 | 301 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | PDX | Portland, OR | 7 | 1750 | 1814 | 2304 | 314 | 288 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 7/12 | 241 | 270 | 63 | ATL | Atlanta, GA | LAX | Los Angeles, CA | 7 | 1745 | 1739 | 2228 | 283 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 283 |
| Airline | Flight Date | Longest Single 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 | ||||||||||||||
| JetBlue | 7/1 | 235 | 257 | 915 | PWM | Portland, ME | JFK | New York, NY | 3 | 1139 | 1137 | 1650 | 311 | 0 | 316 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 7/26 | 231 | 264 | 1557 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | MSP | Minneapolis, MN | 7 | 1832 | 1912 | 1011 | 939 | 890 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 7/26 | 218 | 319 | 155 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | SAN | San Diego, CA | 7 | 1800 | 1809 | 2240 | 280 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 280 |
| Delta | 7/29 | 211 | 217 | 86 | MIA | Miami, FL | JFK | New York, NY | 3 | 1400 | 1523 | 1915 | 315 | 0 | 330 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 7/26 | 210 | 247 | 1155 | EWR | Newark, NJ | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 7 | 1735 | 1735 | 2234 | 299 | 0 | 258 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 7/26 | 208 | 227 | 328 | EWR | Newark, NJ | CLT | Charlotte, NC | 7 | 1805 | 1818 | 2254 | 289 | 0 | 276 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 7/26 | 207 | 349 | 161 | JFK | New York, NY | SFO | San Francisco, CA | 7 | 1700 | 1700 | 2202 | 302 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 302 |
| Express Jet | 7/29 | 199 | 296 | 2173 | LGA | New York, NY | CLE | Cleveland, OH | 3 | 1300 | 1318 | 1825 | 325 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 325 |
| Skywest | 7/1 | 196 | 239 | 2557 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | MKE | Milwaukee, WI | 3 | 1955 | 2003 | 100 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 |
| Continental | 7/29 | 194 | 258 | 1166 | ORD | Chicago, IL | EWR | Newark, NJ | 3 | 1115 | 1226 | 1716 | 361 | 0 | 394 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 7/26 | 193 | 235 | 1023 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | ATL | Atlanta, GA | 7 | 1757 | 1812 | 2318 | 321 | 0 | 312 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 7/2 | 190 | 208 | 1757 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale, FL | SJU | San Juan, PR | 4 | 1150 | 1239 | 1620 | 270 | 190 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 7/26 | 189 | 215 | 312 | EWR | Newark, NJ | BQN | Aguadilla, PR | 7 | 1830 | 1911 | 2337 | 307 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 307 |
| Southwest | 7/7 | 184 | 210 | 938 | BWI | Baltimore, MD | PVD | Providence, RI | 2 | 1320 | 1244 | 1722 | 242 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 230 |
| JetBlue | 7/29 | 183 | 198 | 908 | ORD | Chicago, IL | JFK | New York, NY | 3 | 1215 | 1222 | 1738 | 323 | 0 | 339 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 7/6 | 183 | 212 | 53 | ATL | Atlanta, GA | IAH | Houston, TX | 1 | 730 | 729 | 1126 | 236 | 0 | 258 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 7/17 | 183 | 198 | 847 | LGA | New York, NY | IAD | Washington, DC | 5 | 1926 | 2000 | 30 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Day of Week Code
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday
7 Sunday