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 February 2010 flights
with taxi-out times of 180 minutes or more
| Carrier | February 2010 Flights by Minutes of Taxi-out Time | Total Gate Departures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120-179 | 180-239 | 240-299 | 300+ | Total 120+ |
Total 180+ |
||
| US Airways | 51 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 21 | 28,392 |
| American | 84 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 16 | 40,026 |
| AirTran | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 17,474 |
| Delta | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 49,838 |
| Southwest | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 78,621 |
| United | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 24,622 |
| SkyWest | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 44,181 |
| Frontier | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6,079 |
| Comair | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9,329 |
| American Eagle | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 31,117 |
| Mesa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13,498 |
| JetBlue | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14,470 |
| Atlantic Southeast | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21,751 |
| Pinnacle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19,102 |
| Continental | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17,469 |
| ExpressJet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25,197 |
| Alaska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9,464 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,077 |
| Total | 300 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 353 | 53 | 455,707 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NOTE: Total gate departures does not include flights that departed the gate but were later cancelled.