Flights with Taxi-Out Times of more than 2 hours
Taxi-Out Time: The time elapsed between departure from the origin airport gate and wheels off.
Ranked by number of 2006 flights with taxi-out times of more than 121 minutes
| Number of Flights in 2006 by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Flights | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121-180 | 181-240 | 241-300 | Total 121-300 | 300+ | Total 121+ | ||
| American | 987 | 175 | 35 | 1,197 | 9 | 1,206 | 643,597 |
| ExpressJet | 931 | 172 | 25 | 1,128 | 7 | 1,135 | 441,470 |
| United | 680 | 165 | 34 | 879 | 5 | 884 | 500,008 |
| Continental | 683 | 100 | 8 | 791 | 4 | 795 | 309,389 |
| American Eagle | 603 | 65 | 10 | 678 | 0 | 678 | 550,088 |
| US Airways | 446 | 86 | 13 | 545 | 0 | 545 | 504,844 |
| Delta | 331 | 60 | 16 | 407 | 3 | 410 | 506,086 |
| JetBlue | 195 | 72 | 24 | 291 | 3 | 294 | 155,732 |
| SkyWest | 234 | 34 | 4 | 272 | 0 | 272 | 548,109 |
| Northwest | 211 | 22 | 5 | 238 | 0 | 238 | 432,880 |
| Comair | 182 | 36 | 2 | 220 | 2 | 222 | 278,099 |
| Southwest | 194 | 22 | 2 | 218 | 0 | 218 | 1,099,321 |
| AirTran | 142 | 23 | 5 | 170 | 1 | 171 | 237,645 |
| Mesa | 148 | 15 | 1 | 164 | 0 | 164 | 304,764 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 66 | 12 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 80 | 273,143 |
| ATA | 30 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 19,602 |
| Frontier | 22 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 90,181 |
| Alaska | 24 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 159,404 |
| Aloha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35,387 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52,173 |
| Total | 6,110 | 1,071 | 188 | 7,369 | 36 | 7,405 | 7,141,922 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics