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.
Airlines ranked by number of June 2009 flights with taxi-out
times of 180 minutes or more
| Carrier | June 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Flights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| United | 81 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 116 | 35 | 32,990 |
| Delta | 90 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 27 | 35,467 |
| JetBlue | 65 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 19 | 16,504 |
| US Airways | 101 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 17 | 34,774 |
| American | 89 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 17 | 46,140 |
| Comair | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 13 | 14,085 |
| American Eagle | 61 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 11 | 36,732 |
| ExpressJet | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 28,195 |
| Northwest | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 27,513 |
| Southwest | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 96,195 |
| AirTran | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 22,161 |
| Mesa | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 21,139 |
| Continental | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 22,171 |
| Pinnacle | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 22,381 |
| SkyWest | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 47,396 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27,822 |
| Frontier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7,658 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12,138 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,133 |
| Total | 791 | 147 | 23 | 2 | 963 | 172 | 557,594 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics