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Figure 3-5 Percentage of Flights Delayed and Average Length of Delay: 2004-2014

Thursday, September 17, 2015

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Figure 3-5 Percentage of Flights Delayed and Average Length of Delay: 2004-2014

Year Total number of arriving flights Percentage of delayed arrivals Average length of delay (minutes)
2004 7,129,270 19.9 51
2005 7,140,596 20.5 52
2006 7,141,922 22.6 54
2007 7,455,458 24.1 56
2008 7,009,726 21.7 57
2009 6,450,285 18.8 54
2010 6,450,117 18.2 54
2011 6,085,281 18.2 56
2012 6,096,762 16.7 56
2013 6,369,482 19.9 56
2014 5,819,811 21.3 57

NOTES: For the monthly number of carriers reporting, please refer to the Air Travel Consumer Reports available at http://airconsumer.
dot.gov/reports/index.htm. A flight is considered delayed when it arrived 15 or more minutes later than scheduled. Arriving flights
consists of scheduled operations less canceled and diverted flights. Average minutes are calculated for delayed flights only.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, On-Time Performance Data, available at www.transtats.bts.gov as of April 2015.