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 | May 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Flights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| Delta | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 35,230 |
| US Airways | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 35,594 |
| American | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 46,622 |
| American Eagle | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 37,408 |
| Mesa | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 20,714 |
| JetBlue | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 16,218 |
| United | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 31,798 |
| Southwest | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 97,696 |
| Comair | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 14,495 |
| Pinnacle | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22,023 |
| ExpressJet | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 25,292 |
| Northwest | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25,086 |
| AirTran | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21,264 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25,124 |
| Continental | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21,950 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,122 |
| Frontier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,711 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,796 |
| SkyWest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44,689 |
| Total | 284 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 309 | 25 | 546,832 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics