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 | 94,136 | 161 | 113 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 44,684 | 145 | 17 | 21 | 50 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Delta | 59,251 | 112 | 41 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SkyWest | 49,204 | 95 | 64 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AirTran | 20,560 | 61 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Eagle | 35,991 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 24,529 | 44 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ExpressJet | 31,153 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| US Airways | 33,130 | 41 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United | 28,178 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnacle | 21,926 | 37 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue | 16,846 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesa | 15,813 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continental | 19,460 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 10,696 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comair | 11,774 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 5,333 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 6,666 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Airlines | 529,330 | 952 | 444 | 237 | 155 | 87 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics