Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, May 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 | ||||
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Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | Late Arriving Aircraft | ||||||||||||||
Domestic Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
United | 5/27 | 247 | TI | 1492 | AUS | Austin, TX | IAH | Houston, TX | 551 | 0 | 516 | 0 | 0 | 35 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
American | 5/25 | 229 | C | 111 | ORD | Chicago, IL | LAX | Los Angeles, CA | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 5/19 | 213 | D | 61 | EWR | Newark, NJ | SFO | San Francisco, CA | 239 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OAK | Oakland, CA | 11 | Y |
Mesa | 5/26 | 205 | M | 6147 | AUS | Austin, TX | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Envoy | 5/29 | 200 | D | 3248 | OMA | Omaha, NE | DFW | Dallas, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ABI | Abiline, TX | 157 | Y |
American | 5/31 | 195 | M | 1453 | CLT | Charlotte, NC | ORD | Chicago, IL | 294 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 238 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mesa | 5/31 | 192 | D | 5623 | CAE | Columbia, SC | DFW | Dallas, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | LIT | Little Rock, AR | 303 | Y |
United | 5/16 | 183 | TO | 1296 | LAX | Los Angeles, CA | KOA | Kona, HI | 174 | 17 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 5/27 | 183 | TI | 341 | EWR | Newark, NJ | IAH | Houston, TX | 233 | 27 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 5/27 | 181 | TI | 1765 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | IAH | Houston, TX | 270 | 0 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
United | 5/27 | 253 | C | 1034 | IAH | Houston, TX | PTY | Panama City, Panama | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Taca | 5/24 | 249 | D | 368 | SAL | San Salvador, El Salvador | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | GLS | Galveston, TX | 57 | Y |
United | 5/26 | 246 | D | 104 | GRU | Sao Paulo, Brazil | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SAT | San Antonio, TX | 190 | 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