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 October 2009 flights with taxi-out times of
180 minutes or more
| Carrier | October 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Gate Departures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| Delta | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 36,467 |
| JetBlue | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14,684 |
| Comair | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11,391 |
| SkyWest | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 45,861 |
| American | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 45,375 |
| Continental | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 20,914 |
| ExpressJet | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 25,361 |
| American Eagle | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 37,262 |
| US Airways | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 34,166 |
| Northwest | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22,471 |
| United | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30,217 |
| Mesa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20,390 |
| Pinnacle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21,024 |
| AirTran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20,786 |
| Frontier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,145 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,073 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,386 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22,983 |
| Southwest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92,570 |
| Total | 147 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 12 | 526,526 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NOTE: Total gate departures do not include flights that departed the gate but were later cancelled.