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 | 36,819 | 2,167 | 5.89 | 103 | 20 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| SkyWest | 46,832 | 1,487 | 3.18 | 101 | 27 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 21,537 | 657 | 3.05 | 54 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 19,754 | 870 | 4.40 | 48 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 33,498 | 1,048 | 3.13 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ExpressJet | 27,898 | 1,184 | 4.24 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 46,065 | 1,070 | 2.32 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 23,517 | 520 | 2.21 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 29,110 | 849 | 2.92 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 35,280 | 843 | 2.39 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 11,429 | 694 | 6.07 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 92,293 | 1,652 | 1.79 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 21,261 | 384 | 1.81 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 21,377 | 280 | 1.31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,774 | 545 | 3.25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest | 22,649 | 364 | 1.61 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 10,754 | 80 | 0.74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,589 | 34 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,833 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 529,269 | 14,730 | 2.78 | 537 | 118 | 166 | 129 | 95 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics