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 | 43,737 | 82 | 21 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 36,247 | 75 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SkyWest | 42,208 | 71 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 89,623 | 66 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 20,625 | 60 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 21,558 | 42 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 35,778 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 10,483 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 33,019 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 24,584 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 25,023 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 15,370 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 27,739 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 19,573 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 10,503 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 20,218 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 20,920 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,661 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,671 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 509,540 | 689 | 368 | 160 | 78 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics