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 January 2010 flights with
taxi-out times of 180 minutes or more
| Carrier | January 2010 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
Total Gate Departures | |
| US Airways | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 32,737 |
| Southwest | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 88,323 |
| Delta | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 55,832 |
| JetBlue | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 16,008 |
| Mesa | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 17,829 |
| Comair | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 10,614 |
| American | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45,415 |
| SkyWest | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 46,814 |
| American Eagle | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35,341 |
| United | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27,293 |
| Pinnacle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20,977 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23,423 |
| Frontier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6,440 |
| AirTran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19,589 |
| ExpressJet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26,624 |
| Alaska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10,439 |
| Continental | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19,548 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,730 |
| Total | 170 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 11 | 508,976 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NOTE: Total gate departures does not include flights that departed the gate but were later cancelled.