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 canceled flights
departing the gate.
| Total Flights |
Canceled Flights | Percent Canceled (%) | Canceled 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 | 45,383 | 1,202 | 2.65 | 79 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Eagle | 33,320 | 2,203 | 6.61 | 60 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pinnacle | 20,404 | 1,302 | 6.38 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 52,920 | 3,082 | 5.82 | 50 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 30,574 | 2,182 | 7.14 | 40 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 23,305 | 1,554 | 6.67 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 27,142 | 1,945 | 7.17 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 42,303 | 2,277 | 5.38 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 14,281 | 783 | 5.48 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 82,509 | 3,888 | 4.71 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 10,755 | 1,426 | 13.26 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 26,091 | 1,469 | 5.63 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 18,438 | 969 | 5.26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 15,303 | 833 | 5.44 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 9,567 | 103 | 1.08 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 18,447 | 973 | 5.27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,152 | 73 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,094 | 17 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 481,988 | 26,281 | 5.45 | 449 | 107 | 113 | 114 | 93 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics