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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, December 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
Frontier 12/17 265 C 418 DEN Denver, CO ATL Atlanta, GA N/A 1 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/17 250 TI 277 PIT Pittsburgh, PA DEN Denver, CO 500 1 243 0 0 256 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/17 247 TI 423 ATL Atlanta, GA DEN Denver, CO 319 0 229 0 48 42 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/16 228 TI 163 MSN Madison, WI DEN Denver, CO 481 0 259 0 0 222 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/17 228 TI 402 LAX Los Angeles, CA DEN Denver, CO 321 24 260 0 0 37 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Southwest 12/16 226 TI 1500 OMA Omaha, NE DEN Denver, CO 291 17 266 0 0 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Hawaiian 12/17 219 M 51 JFK New York, NY HNL Honolulu, HI 982 0 0 0 982 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/16 213 C 757 DEN Denver, CO PHX Phoenix, AZ N/A 0 0 0 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/16 206 C 608 DEN Denver, CO IND Indianapolis, IN N/A 0 0 0 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/16 205 TI 866 MSO Missoula, MT DEN Denver, CO 238 0 188 0 0 50 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/16 205 TI 406 LAX Los Angeles, CA DEN Denver, CO 269 0 174 0 0 95 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/17 202 TI 200 CLT Charlotte, NC DEN Denver, CO 249 14 235 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Compass 12/21 198 TI 5788 SMF Sacremento, CA LAX Los Angeles, CA N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/17 196 TI 778 LAS Las Vegas, NV DEN Denver, CO 325 82 213 0 0 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/17 194 TI 822 SEA Seattle, WA DEN Denver, CO 174 0 174 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/16 192 TI 582 SLC Salt Lake City, UT DEN Denver, CO 266 0 221 0 0 45 N/A N/A N/A N/A
JetBlue 12/17 189 M 393 JFK New York, NY DAB Daytona Beach, FL 245 0 245 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Alaska 12/5 189 TI 707 SLC Salt Lake City, UT SEA Seattle, WA 232 28 204 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Alaska 12/5 187 TI 531 BUR Burbank, CA SEA Seattle, WA 181 0 181 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Compass 12/21 182 TI 5782 OAK Oakland, CA LAX Los Angeles, CA N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Frontier 12/16 182 TI 509 LGA New York, NY DEN Denver, CO 169 4 165 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
International Flights
All Nippon Airways 12/17 322 D 2 NRT Tokyo, Japan IAD Washington, DC N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A BWI Baltimore, MD 45 Y
Avianca 12/17 310 TO 21 JFK New York, NY BOG Bogota, Colombia N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Xtra Airwaays 12/21 245 D 412 CCS Caracas, Venezuela JFK New York, NY N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MIA Miami, FL 1091 Y

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