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+ | |||||
| SkyWest | 42,208 | 265 | 0.63 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 35,778 | 236 | 0.66 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 36,247 | 266 | 0.73 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 19,573 | 183 | 0.93 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 24,584 | 209 | 0.85 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 27,739 | 177 | 0.64 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 33,019 | 171 | 0.52 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 20,625 | 102 | 0.49 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 89,623 | 382 | 0.43 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 43,737 | 194 | 0.44 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 21,558 | 53 | 0.25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 10,483 | 82 | 0.78 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 20,218 | 81 | 0.40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 10,503 | 53 | 0.50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 25,023 | 116 | 0.46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 15,370 | 21 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,661 | 5 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 20,920 | 111 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,671 | 25 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 509,540 | 2,732 | 0.54 | 170 | 54 | 71 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics