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 | 38,205 | 623 | 1.63 | 42 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| US Airways | 35,257 | 367 | 1.04 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 21,420 | 329 | 1.54 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 13,052 | 557 | 4.27 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SkyWest | 48,566 | 387 | 0.80 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 23,063 | 411 | 1.78 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 47,470 | 489 | 1.03 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 27,952 | 497 | 1.78 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 33,622 | 488 | 1.45 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Northwest | 27,098 | 201 | 0.74 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delta | 37,146 | 196 | 0.53 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 17,375 | 238 | 1.37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Southwest | 95,673 | 392 | 0.41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 29,632 | 233 | 0.79 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 12,652 | 47 | 0.37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 22,905 | 37 | 0.16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,602 | 18 | 0.27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 22,750 | 87 | 0.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Frontier | 7,861 | 21 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 568,301 | 5,618 | 0.99 | 329 | 65 | 114 | 74 | 50 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics