Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, November 2015
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 | ||||
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Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | Late Arriving Aircraft | ||||||||||||||
Domestic Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
Alaska | 11/8 | 260 | C | 154 | OTZ | Kotzebue, AK | ANC | Anchorage, AK | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Delta | 11/14 | 193 | M | 2812 | JFK | New York, NY | TPA | Tampa, FL | 277 | 106 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mesa | 11/28 | 189 | C | 3979 | OKC | Oklahoma City, OK | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 11/14 | 182 | M | 1138 | EWR | Newark, NJ | RSW | Fort Myers, FL | 235 | 0 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 11/14 | 181 | M | 1460 | EWR | Newark, NJ | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | 253 | 0 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
Qatar Airways | 11/21 | 379 | D | 725 | DOH | Doha, Qatar | ORD | Chicago, IL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DTW | Detroit, MI | 233 | 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.