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 July 2009 flights with taxi-out times of 180
minutes or more
| Carrier | July 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Flights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| US Airways | 77 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 103 | 26 | 35,730 |
| JetBlue | 53 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 19 | 17,480 |
| Delta | 90 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 108 | 18 | 37,145 |
| United | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 33,948 |
| American | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 47,674 |
| Southwest | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 99,070 |
| Continental | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 23,193 |
| Northwest | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 29,328 |
| Comair | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 14,373 |
| ExpressJet | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 29,711 |
| American Eagle | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 38,097 |
| Mesa | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 21,792 |
| AirTran | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 23,195 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 29,197 |
| Pinnacle | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23,889 |
| SkyWest | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48,953 |
| Frontier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7,928 |
| Alaska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12,786 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,645 |
| Total | 609 | 89 | 16 | 0 | 714 | 105 | 580,134 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics