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 April 2009 flights with taxi-out times of
180 minutes or more
| Carrier | April 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Flights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| Delta | 46 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 13 | 35,184 |
| ExpressJet | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 24,642 |
| American Eagle | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 35,759 |
| JetBlue | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 16,899 |
| American | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 45,605 |
| US Airways | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 34,691 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 24,770 |
| Comair | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 13,686 |
| Continental | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 22,040 |
| Southwest | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 96,875 |
| United | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 31,387 |
| AirTran | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20,510 |
| SkyWest | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 44,568 |
| Pinnacle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22,039 |
| Northwest | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24,675 |
| Mesa | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20,421 |
| Frontier | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7,106 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,876 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,060 |
| Total | 364 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 412 | 48 | 537,793 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics