Tarmac Time: Longest single time away from
airport gate at the diversion airport or airports.
Number of flights by longest single tarmac
time at diversion airport. Does not
include taxi-out time at origin airport or taxi-in at scheduled destination.
Airlines ranked by number of diverted flights.
| Total Flights |
Diverted Flights | 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 | 224 | 164 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 90,103 | 215 | 182 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 36,742 | 132 | 44 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 46,571 | 130 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 56,998 | 118 | 36 | 41 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Pinnacle | 21,875 | 91 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 33,749 | 84 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 27,351 | 72 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 10,532 | 68 | 52 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 24,385 | 59 | 42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 18,423 | 49 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 19,936 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 27,744 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,250 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 19,651 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 11,035 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,450 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,734 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 521,809 | 1,419 | 809 | 328 | 148 | 108 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics