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 | 48,280 | 1,466 | 3.04 | 105 | 38 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 36,742 | 1,401 | 3.81 | 67 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 21,875 | 898 | 4.11 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 56,998 | 1,166 | 2.05 | 51 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 33,749 | 1,012 | 3.00 | 39 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 18,423 | 594 | 3.22 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 46,571 | 1,156 | 2.48 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 24,385 | 962 | 3.95 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 27,744 | 451 | 1.63 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 27,351 | 727 | 2.66 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 19,936 | 347 | 1.74 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 11,035 | 421 | 3.82 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,250 | 242 | 1.49 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 10,532 | 93 | 0.88 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 90,103 | 1,780 | 1.98 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 19,651 | 103 | 0.52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,734 | 4 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,450 | 10 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 521,809 | 12,833 | 2.46 | 500 | 111 | 180 | 123 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics