Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, December 2013
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
United | 12/8 | 244 | M | 691 | ORD | Chicago, IL | IAH | Houston, TX | 381 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 374 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
GoJet | 12/8 | 239 | TI | 3640 | TVC | Traverse City, MI | ORD | Chicago, IL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/8 | 228 | C | 1138 | ORD | Chicago, IL | IAD | Washington, DC | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/8 | 217 | TI | 780 | DCA | Washington, DC | ORD | Chicago, IL | 573 | 0 | 573 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Chautauqua | 12/8 | 215 | TI | 4717 | CLE | Cleveland, OH | ORD | Chicago, IL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/8 | 207 | TI | 1633 | IAD | Washington, DC | ORD | Chicago, IL | 282 | 0 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Trans States | 12/8 | 201 | C | 3422 | ORD | Chicago, IL | MEM | Memphis, TN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/8 | 196 | TI | 651 | TPA | Tampa, FL | ORD | Chicago, IL | 195 | 9 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/17 | 192 | M | 698 | BOS | Boston, MA | EWR | Newark, NJ | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 322 | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/8 | 181 | C | 780 | ORD | Chicago, IL | SEA | Seattle, WA | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
United | 12/8 | 270 | C | 987 | ORD | Chicago, IL | CDG | Paris, France | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
British Airways | 12/17 | 259 | TO | 212 | BOS | Boston, MA | LHR | London, UK | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/8 | 256 | C | 928 | ORD | Chicago, IL | LHR | London, UK | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 12/8 | 245 | C | 952 | ORD | Chicago, IL | MUC | Munich, Germany | 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