Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times January 2010 | Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times January 2010

Tarmac Time: Time away from airport gate. Airlines ranked by percent of total flights that were diverted.

Summary of January 2010 Diverted Flights

	Total Flights	Diverted Flights	Percent Diverted (%)	Diverted Flights that Failed to Reach Scheduled Destination	Diverted Flights that Reached Scheduled Destination
Alaska	10,532	68	0.65	33	35
SkyWest	48,280	224	0.46	118	106
Pinnacle	21,875	91	0.42	45	46
American Eagle	36,742	132	0.36	30	102
American	46,571	130	0.28	19	111
Mesa	18,423	49	0.27	23	26
ExpressJet	27,351	72	0.26	11	61
US Airways	33,749	84	0.25	22	62
Atlantic Southeast	24,385	59	0.24	18	41
Southwest	90,103	215	0.24	138	77
AirTran	19,936	47	0.24	7	40
Comair	11,035	24	0.22	8	16
Delta	56,998	118	0.21	11	107
JetBlue	16,250	28	0.17	7	21
Continental	19,651	28	0.14	2	26
United	27,744	37	0.13	7	30
Frontier	6,450	8	0.12	0	8
Hawaiian	5,734	5	0.09	0	5
All Airlines	521,809	1,419	0.27	499	920

Averages and Totals for January 2010 Diverted Flights

	Average Distance from Diversion Airport to Scheduled Destination for Flights Remaining at Diversion Airport (in miles)	Average Time at Diversion Airport (including terminal and tarmac time) for Flights Reaching Scheduled Destination (in mins.)	Median Time at Diversion Airport (including terminal and tarmac time) for Flights Reaching Scheduled Destination (in mins.)	Total Tarmac Time for All Diverted Flights at Origin, Diversion and Destination Airports (in mins.)	Average Tarmac Time for All Diverted Flights at Origin, Diversion and Destination Airports (in mins.)
Alaska	365	93	70	2,098	31
SkyWest	137	100	77	8,396	37
Pinnacle	310	162	104	5,008	55
American Eagle	140	149	98	8,925	68
American	347	135	91	10,738	83
Mesa	185	115	102	1,988	41
ExpressJet	121	79	69	3,335	46
US Airways	453	146	123	4,778	57
Atlantic Southeast	118	126	114	2,433	41
Southwest	534	70	60	5,704	27
AirTran	219	102	95	2,628	56
Comair	108	146	127	1,468	61
Delta	491	128	99	9,112	77
JetBlue	157	108	103	1,533	55
Continental	73	169	103	1,771	63
United	182	110	85	2,174	59
Frontier	N/A	107	107	367	46
Hawaiian	N/A	73	67	203	41
All Airlines	310	120	88	72,659	51

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics