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 November 2009 flights with taxi-out times of
180 minutes or more
| Carrier | November 2009 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Gate Departures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| Delta | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 35,542 |
| ExpressJet | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24,907 |
| United | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27,562 |
| American Eagle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35,981 |
| JetBlue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15,349 |
| Pinnacle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20,523 |
| Northwest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21,505 |
| US Airways | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32,848 |
| Continental | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20,137 |
| SkyWest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41,943 |
| Comair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10,450 |
| Mesa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19,390 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24,375 |
| American | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43,543 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,656 |
| Frontier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,646 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,401 |
| AirTran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,809 |
| Southwest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89,241 |
| Total | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 506,808 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NOTE: Total gate departures does not include flights that departed the gate but were later cancelled.