Tarmac Time: Longest single time away from
airport gate for flights later canceled. May include more than one gate
departure.
Airlines ranked by number of canceled flights
departing the gate.
| Total Flights |
Canceled Flights | Percent Cancelled (%) | 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 | 49,204 | 733 | 1.49 | 63 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle | 35,991 | 443 | 1.23 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 59,251 | 327 | 0.55 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 21,926 | 159 | 0.73 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 28,178 | 186 | 0.66 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 33,130 | 149 | 0.45 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 15,813 | 151 | 0.95 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 44,684 | 306 | 0.68 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 24,529 | 145 | 0.59 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 11,774 | 109 | 0.93 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 31,153 | 100 | 0.32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest | 94,136 | 539 | 0.57 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,846 | 91 | 0.54 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 10,696 | 35 | 0.33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 19,460 | 11 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 20,560 | 148 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,666 | 3 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,333 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 529,330 | 3,637 | 0.69 | 217 | 54 | 73 | 54 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics