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 Jan-Apr 2010 flights with
taxi-out times of 180 minutes or more
| Carrier Name | Jan-Apr 2010 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Gate Departures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| US Airways | 101 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 25 | 127,981 |
| American | 124 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 17 | 176,548 |
| SkyWest | 60 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 9 | 190,168 |
| Southwest | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 355,150 |
| Delta | 150 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 5 | 223,974 |
| AirTran | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 78,379 |
| Frontier | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 25,971 |
| JetBlue | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 64,481 |
| United | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 109,146 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 95,313 |
| Comair | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 42,610 |
| Mesa | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 63,139 |
| American Eagle | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 138,472 |
| Pinnacle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 84,443 |
| ExpressJet | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 114,753 |
| Continental | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 76,879 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41,443 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,590 |
| Total | 759 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 835 | 76 | 2,030,440 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NOTE: Total gate departures does not include flights that departed the gate but were later cancelled.