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 March 2009 flights with taxi-out times of
180 minutes or more
| Carrier | March 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Flights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| Delta | 36 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 26 | 36,764 |
| US Airways | 47 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 10 | 36,136 |
| Continental | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 22,952 |
| American | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 47,819 |
| Frontier | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7,291 |
| American Eagle | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 35,929 |
| United | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 34,554 |
| ExpressJet | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 25,291 |
| JetBlue | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 17,149 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 25,421 |
| Mesa | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 21,139 |
| SkyWest | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 46,899 |
| Pinnacle | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 22,575 |
| Northwest | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25,718 |
| Southwest | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 99,384 |
| Comair | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13,537 |
| AirTran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21,283 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,137 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,444 |
| Total | 323 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 389 | 66 | 557,422 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics