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Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block August 2009
Table 7 Diverted Flights - Tarmac Times by Hour Block August 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 | 47,470 | 165 | 18 | 28 | 50 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Southwest | 95,673 | 145 | 115 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 29,632 | 119 | 70 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Continental | 22,905 | 114 | 51 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SkyWest | 48,566 | 114 | 63 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 37,146 | 103 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Eagle | 38,205 | 87 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 23,063 | 77 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 35,257 | 72 | 24 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 27,098 | 67 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 33,622 | 67 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 27,952 | 65 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 22,750 | 64 | 37 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 21,420 | 60 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 17,375 | 51 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 13,052 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 12,652 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 7,861 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 6,602 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 568,301 | 1,454 | 639 | 365 | 235 | 177 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics