Flights with Taxi-Out Times of 2 hours or more
Taxi-Out Time: The time elapsed between departure from the
origin airport gate and wheels off.
Ranked by
number of December 2008 flights with taxi-out times of 120 minutes or more
| Carrier | Number of Flights in December 2008 by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Flights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| Continental | 61 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 95 | 34 | 22,691 |
| American Eagle | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 10 | 35,024 |
| Express Jet | 47 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 69 | 22 | 24,590 |
| Skywest | 48 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 15 | 44,240 |
| American | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9 | 47,328 |
| Delta | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 36,933 |
| United | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 32,643 |
| Comair | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 13,711 |
| Southwest | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 97,831 |
| US Airways | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 36,634 |
| Pinnacle | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 22,466 |
| Northwest | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 24,635 |
| Mesa | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 20,613 |
| JetBlue | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 16,707 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23,474 |
| AirTran | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20,628 |
| Frontier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7,366 |
| Alaska | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11,330 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,113 |
| Total | 527 | 80 | 14 | 23 | 644 | 117 | 544,957 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics