Tarmac Time: Time away from airport gate in minutes
Airlines
ranked by number of flights departing gate before cancellation
| Total Flights |
Total Cancelled Flights | Flights Departing Gate before Cancellation | Total Tarmac Time for Flights Departing Gate before Cancellation (Minutes) | Average Tarmac Time for Flights Departing Gate before Cancellation (Minutes) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle | 38,205 | 623 | 42 | 1,941 | 46 |
| US Airways | 35,257 | 367 | 39 | 1,917 | 49 |
| Mesa | 21,420 | 329 | 34 | 1,589 | 47 |
| Comair | 13,052 | 557 | 33 | 1,874 | 57 |
| SkyWest | 48,566 | 387 | 30 | 622 | 21 |
| Pinnacle | 23,063 | 411 | 25 | 1,358 | 54 |
| American | 47,470 | 489 | 25 | 1,087 | 43 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 27,952 | 497 | 25 | 933 | 37 |
| United | 33,622 | 488 | 19 | 881 | 46 |
| Northwest | 27,098 | 201 | 14 | 832 | 59 |
| Delta | 37,146 | 196 | 12 | 510 | 43 |
| JetBlue | 17,375 | 238 | 7 | 495 | 71 |
| Southwest | 95,673 | 392 | 6 | 66 | 11 |
| ExpressJet | 29,632 | 233 | 6 | 224 | 37 |
| Alaska | 12,652 | 47 | 4 | 45 | 11 |
| Continental | 22,905 | 37 | 3 | 94 | 31 |
| Hawaiian | 6,602 | 18 | 3 | 52 | 17 |
| AirTran | 22,750 | 87 | 2 | 267 | 134 |
| Frontier | 7,861 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 568,301 | 5,618 | 329 | 14,787 | 45 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics