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Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, January 2016

Ranked by longest continuous tarmac time

Dataset Table:

Airline Flight Date Longest Continuous Tarmac Time (in mins.) Stage of Operation* Flight Number Origin Airport Origin City Destination Airport Destination City Arrival Delay (in mins.) Cause of Delay/Cancellation** Diversion Airport Diversion City Diversion Airport Distance from Scheduled Destination Reached Scheduled Destination
Air Carrier National Aviation System Security Weather Late Arriving Aircraft
Domestic Flights
None
International Flights
Norwegian Air 1/23 422 TO 7002 JFK New York, NY OSL Oslo, Norway N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Copa (Panama) 1/17 292 D 209 SFO San Francisco, CA PTY Panama City, Panama N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX 1990 Y
Qatar 1/22 267 TO 708 IAD Washington, DC DOH Doha, Qatar N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
American 1/15 261 D 214 BSB Brasilia, Brazil MIA Miami, FL N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MCO Orlando, FL 192 Y
American 1/15 261 D 992 CNF Belo Horizonte, Brazil MIA Miami, FL N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A TPA Tampa, FL 204 Y
American 1/15 258 D 984 MVD Montevideo, Uruguay MIA Miami, FL N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A TPA Tampa, FL 204 Y
Virgin Atlantic 1/22 247 TO 22 IAD Washington, DC LHR London, UK N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Air France 1/22 246 TO 55 IAD Washington, DC CDG Paris, France N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Notes:

International flight reports do not include arrival delay or cause of delay/cancellation flight data. These data are also not available for domestic flights reported by airlines that do not report monthly airline on-time data (Part 234) or for domestic charter flights reported by Part 234 carriers.

Description:

* Stage of Operation where 3-hour tarmac time took place:

C Prior to Cancellation: Flight left the gate but was canceled at the origin airport

D At Diversion Airport: The tarmac time at the alternate airport

M Multiple Gate Departure: Flight left the gate, then returned and then left again to resume normal operation. Tarmac time is the time before the return to the gate.

TI Taxi-in: The time between wheels-on and gate arrival

TO Taxi-out: The time between gate departure and wheels-off

** Cause of cancellation is 1 (if yes) or 0 (if no). Cause of delay for all other flights in minutes. No cause of delay or cause of diversion reported for diverted flights.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics