Tarmac Time: The time away from the gate before a flight was cancelled. May include multiple gate departures.
Ranked by longest single tarmac time
| Airline | Flight Date | Longest Single Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Total Tarmac Time (in mins.)* | Flight Number | Origin Airport | Origin City | Destination Airport | Destination City | Day of Week | Scheduled Departure Time | Actual Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Cancellation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | |||||||||||||
| American Eagle | 12/24 | 248 | 248 | 2808 | DFW | Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX | MLI | Moline, IL | 4 | 1430 | 1512 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Airline | Flight Date | Longest Single Tarmac Time (in mins.) | Total Tarmac Time (in mins.)* | Flight Number | Origin Airport | Origin City | Destination Airport | Destination City | Day of Week | Scheduled Departure Time | Actual Gate Departure Time | Departure Delay (in mins.) | Cause of Cancellation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | |||||||||||||
| US Airways | 12/19 | 226 | 226 | 1071 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | SJU | San Juan, PR | 6 | 940 | 1249 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Eagle | 12/24 | 208 | 208 | 2716 | DFW | Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX | EVV | Evansville, IN | 4 | 1250 | 1355 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Eagle | 12/24 | 191 | 191 | 3651 | DFW | Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX | CID | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA | 4 | 1305 | 1305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American | 12/19 | 180 | 180 | 1639 | JFK | New York, NY | SJU | San Juan, PR | 6 | 1910 | 2016 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Total Tarmac Time is the flight's total time away from the gate before cancellation. The total time may include more than one departure from the gate.
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