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Taxi-Out Times for All Airports by Hour Block, 1995-2008

Taxi-Out Time: The time elapsed between departure from the origin airport gate and wheels off.

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Number of Flights by Minutes of Taxi-Out Time

Year Total
Flights
0-15 16-30 31-60 61-120 121-180 181-240 241-300 301 +
1995 5,327,435 3,758,749 1,289,854 168,609 16,104 1,786 325 70 33
1996 5,351,983 3,662,094 1,350,501 183,720 23,378 3,131 490 115 18
1997 5,411,843 3,676,259 1,425,749 188,060 20,813 2,467 521 132 79
1998 5,384,721 3,534,673 1,462,728 210,536 27,689 3,712 717 141 16
1999 5,527,884 3,413,768 1,641,595 275,076 36,585 5,219 1,050 246 34
2000 5,683,047 3,358,301 1,774,684 314,244 41,079 5,632 1,241 297 79
2001 5,967,780 3,658,856 1,765,709 275,441 32,143 3,682 623 113 15
2002 5,271,359 3,358,493 1,585,887 230,940 26,474 3,492 712 134 84
2003 6,488,540 4,148,348 1,892,821 301,535 38,838 4,357 858 218 96
2004 7,129,270 4,377,413 2,173,896 389,835 52,254 6,237 1,073 211 594
2005 7,140,596 4,439,322 2,154,177 357,049 49,576 5,695 881 139 27
2006 7,141,922 4,389,760 2,163,726 399,634 59,463 6,110 1,071 188 36
2007 7,455,458 4,346,445 2,401,351 465,887 72,113 7,250 1,327 234 42
Jan 2008 605,765 340,060 201,962 41,493 4,500 360 52 23 7
Feb 2008 569,236 313,052 186,906 42,686 5,533 380 74 6 3
Mar 2008 616,090 356,083 200,119 38,121 5,102 409 55 14 4
Jan-Mar 2008 1,791,091 1,009,195 588,987 122,300 15,135 1,149 181 43 14

Percent of Flights by Minutes of Taxi-Out Time

Year Total
Flights
0-15 16-30 31-60 61-120 121-180 181-240 241-300 301 +
1995 5,327,435 71.99% 24.46% 3.20% 0.31% 0.03% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1996 5,351,983 70.83% 25.23% 3.43% 0.44% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1997 5,411,843 69.74% 26.34% 3.47% 0.38% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1998 5,384,721 68.33% 27.16% 3.91% 0.51% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1999 5,527,884 64.55% 29.70% 4.98% 0.66% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
2000 5,683,047 62.39% 31.23% 5.53% 0.72% 0.10% 0.02% 0.01% 0.00%
2001 5,967,780 65.18% 29.59% 4.62% 0.54% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2002 5,271,359 64.95% 30.08% 4.38% 0.50% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2003 6,488,540 65.50% 29.17% 4.65% 0.60% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2004 7,129,270 63.19% 30.49% 5.47% 0.73% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2005 7,140,596 64.04% 30.17% 5.00% 0.69% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2006 7,141,922 63.17% 30.30% 5.60% 0.83% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2007 7,455,458 58.30% 32.21% 6.25% 0.97% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
Jan 2008 605,765 56.14% 33.34% 6.85% 0.74% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Feb 2008 569,236 55.00% 32.83% 7.50% 0.97% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Mar 2008 616,090 57.80% 32.48% 6.19% 0.83% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Jan-Mar 2008 1,791,091 56.35% 32.88% 6.83% 0.85% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%

NOTE: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 11
2001: 12
2001: 10
2003: 18
2004: 19
2005: 20
2006: 20 2007: 20 2008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics