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

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Table 6 Diverted Flights Summary and Average Tarmac Times, April 2010

Tarmac Time: Time away from airport gate. Airlines ranked by percent of total flights that were diverted.
Summary of April 2010 Diverted Flights

	Total Flights	Diverted Flights	Percent Diverted (%)	Diverted Flights that Failed to Reach Scheduled Destination	Diverted Flights that Reached Scheduled Destination
American	44,684	145	0.32	6	139
AirTran	20,560	61	0.30	2	59
SkyWest	49,204	95	0.19	25	70
JetBlue	16,846	32	0.19	1	31
Mesa	15,813	30	0.19	7	23
Delta	59,251	112	0.19	9	103
Atlantic Southeast	24,529	44	0.18	3	41
Southwest	94,136	161	0.17	19	142
Pinnacle	21,926	37	0.17	4	33
United	28,178	40	0.14	3	37
ExpressJet	31,153	44	0.14	3	41
Alaska	10,696	15	0.14	7	8
American Eagle	35,991	46	0.13	7	39
Comair	11,774	15	0.13	2	13
US Airways	33,130	41	0.12	5	36
Continental	19,460	23	0.12	1	22
Hawaiian	5,333	6	0.11	0	6
Frontier	6,666	5	0.08	0	5
All Airlines	529,330	952	0.18	104	848

Averages and Totals for April 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.)
American	280	107	81	13,192	91
AirTran	424	104	86	3,807	62
SkyWest	124	85	66	4,070	43
JetBlue	288	105	89	1,995	62
Mesa	111	111	99	1,370	46
Delta	161	118	94	7,362	66
Atlantic Southeast	295	99	90	2,344	53
Southwest	457	83	69	6,404	40
Pinnacle	241	96	74	2,252	61
United	157	108	98	2,935	73
ExpressJet	132	92	76	1,921	44
Alaska	591	112	58	392	26
American Eagle	209	189	102	2,763	60
Comair	146	110	90	855	57
US Airways	657	92	79	2,489	61
Continental	152	81	79	1,486	65
Hawaiian	N/A	158	98	256	43
Frontier	N/A	110	88	360	72
All Airlines	278	104	80	56,253	59

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics