Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, April 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| American | 4/30 | 231 | D | 2076 | STX | Christiansted, VI | CLT | Charlotte, NC | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | CAE | Columbia, SC | 88 | Y |
| Alaska | 4/26 | 183 | TO | 3 | DCA | Washington, DC | SEA | Seattle, WA | 116 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
| United | 4/17 | 321 | D | 128 | GIG | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | MSY | New Orleans, LA | 304 | Y |
| United | 4/17 | 280 | D | 818 | EZE | Buenos Aires, Argentina | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | MSY | New Orleans, LA | 304 | 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