Tarmac Time: Longest single time away from
airport gate at the diversion airport or airports.
Number of flights by longest 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+ | |||
| Southwest | 82,509 | 226 | 195 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SkyWest | 45,383 | 169 | 111 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 42,303 | 95 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 52,920 | 95 | 39 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 33,320 | 87 | 32 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ExpressJet | 27,142 | 72 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 20,404 | 52 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 26,091 | 51 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 18,438 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 30,574 | 45 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 9,567 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 14,281 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 23,305 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 18,447 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 15,303 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 10,755 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,094 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,152 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 481,988 | 1,133 | 630 | 240 | 163 | 78 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics