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Table 1A Airport Summary of 3-Hour Tarmac Times January 2010
Table 1A Airport Summary of 3-Hour Tarmac Times January 2010
Number of Flights with Longest Single Tarmac
Time of 3 Hours or More by Airport
For an explanation of the new reports, see New Tarmac Time Data Q&A
Airports ranked by number of longest single
tarmac times of 3 hours or longer
| Airport | Longest Single Tarmac
Times of 3 Hours or Longer |
Stage of Operation of the 3-Hour Tarmac Time | Departing Flights* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior to Cancellation | Multiple Gate Departure | Taxi-Out | Taxi-In | At Diversion Airport | |||
| Washington Reagan, DC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6,364 |
| Nashville, TN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4,388 |
| Baltimore, MD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7,933 |
| Boston, MA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8,904 |
| Harrisburg, PA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 374 |
| Eagle, CO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 473 |
| Washington Dulles, DC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5,733 |
| Miami, FL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,826 |
| Memphis, TN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,078 |
| New York LaGuardia, NY | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,038 |
| New York JFK, NY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9,564 |
| Charlotte, NC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,851 |
| Orlando, FL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10,070 |
| All Airports | 21 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 521,809 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Explanation of Stage of Operation
Prior to Cancellation: Flight left the gate but was cancelled at
the origin airport
Multiple Gate Departure: Flight left the
gate, then returned and then left again to resume normal operation. Tarmac time is the time before the return
to the gate.
Taxi-out: The time between gate departure and
wheels-off
Taxi-in: The time between wheels-on and gate
arrival
At Diversion Airport: The tarmac time at the
alternate airport
* Departing flights reported by 18 airlines reporting on-time data