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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 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
Air Carrier National Aviation System Security Weather Late Arriving Aircraft
Domestic Flights
Shuttle America 12/27 269 D 3556 DCA Washington DC IAH Houston, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MSY New Orleans, LA 305 Y
American 12/28 248 TI 126 LAX Los Angeles, CA ORD Chicago, IL 226 0 226 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mesa 12/27 222 D 5090 PIT Pittsburgh, PA IAH Houston, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MSY New Orleans, LA 305 Y
American 12/26 209 C 1092 DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX EGE Eagle, CO N/A 0 0 0 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
American 12/26 204 D 1398 LAS Las Vegas, NV DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AUS Austin, TX 190 Y
Mesa 12/26 202 D 5853 MEM Memphis, TN DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AUS Austin, TX 190 Y
Alaska 12/27 196 D 652 PDX Portland, OR DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AUS Austin, TX 190 Y
Compass 12/26 195 M 5726 DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX LAX Los Angeles, CA N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
American 12/26 194 D 1540 HDN Hayden, CO DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AUS Austin, TX 190 Y
American 12/26 190 D 1355 PDX Portland, OR DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AUS Austin, TX 190 Y
Trans States 12/27 186 D 3349 MCI Kansas City, MO IAH Houston, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SAT San Antonio, TX 191 Y
United 12/28 181 D 1863 SFO San Francisco, CA ORD Chicago, IL N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MSP Saint Paul, MN 334 Y
International Flights
Avianca 12/9 322 D 86 BOG Bogota, Colombia LAX Los Angeles, CA N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ONT Ontario, CA 47 Y
Aeromexico 12/9 278 D 648 MEX Mexico City, MX LAX Los Angeles, CA N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ONT Ontario, CA 47 Y
United 12/27 248 D 1516 LIR Liberia, Costa Rica IAH Houston, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SAT San Antonio, TX 191 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