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 September 2009 flights with taxi-out times
of 180 minutes or more
| Carrier | September 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
Total Flights | |
| Delta | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 34,688 |
| American | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 44,135 |
| American Eagle | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36,786 |
| Comair | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10,682 |
| Continental | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19,237 |
| US Airways | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32,529 |
| AirTran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19,423 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22,775 |
| Northwest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21,940 |
| SkyWest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45,146 |
| United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29,860 |
| ExpressJet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24,396 |
| Pinnacle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20,825 |
| JetBlue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14,496 |
| Mesa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19,770 |
| Southwest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89,769 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,258 |
| Frontier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,233 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,904 |
| Total | 94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 4 | 510,852 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics