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Taxi-Out by Carrier and Time-Blocks 2009
Taxi-Out by Carrier and Time-Blocks 2009
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 Jan-December 2009 flights with taxi-out
times of 180 minutes or more
| Carrier Name | Jan-December 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Gate Departures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
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| Delta | 478 | 87 | 19 | 6 | 590 | 112 | 423,217 |
| US Airways | 492 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 577 | 85 | 408,774 |
| United | 278 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 344 | 66 | 370,671 |
| American | 440 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 504 | 64 | 542,349 |
| JetBlue | 262 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 318 | 56 | 191,719 |
| Comair | 267 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 308 | 41 | 146,618 |
| American Eagle | 307 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 341 | 34 | 425,890 |
| ExpressJet | 381 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 411 | 30 | 305,228 |
| Northwest | 169 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 26 | 291,236 |
| Southwest | 182 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 207 | 25 | 1,123,684 |
| Continental | 302 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 317 | 15 | 256,802 |
| Mesa | 91 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 13 | 239,221 |
| SkyWest | 158 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 11 | 539,792 |
| AirTran | 103 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 9 | 249,490 |
| Pinnacle | 93 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 8 | 258,047 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 5 | 292,825 |
| Frontier | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 86,437 |
| Alaska | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 136,138 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72,770 |
| Total | 4,109 | 525 | 69 | 10 | 4,713 | 604 | 6,360,908 |
NOTE: Total gate departures does not include flights that departed the gate but were later cancelled.
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics