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 December 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+ |
||
| American | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 44,995 |
| US Airways | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 32,450 |
| American Eagle | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 34,652 |
| Southwest | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 90,641 |
| United | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 28,261 |
| Mesa | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18,884 |
| AirTran | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20,877 |
| Continental | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 21,097 |
| SkyWest | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 45,345 |
| ExpressJet | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 26,714 |
| Delta | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 34,437 |
| JetBlue | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16,229 |
| Pinnacle | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20,880 |
| Northwest | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22,285 |
| Comair | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10,735 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22,997 |
| Frontier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6,555 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,831 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,674 |
| Total | 287 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 22 | 514,539 |
NOTE: Total gate departures does not include flights that departed the gate but were later cancelled.
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics