Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, June 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Spirit | 6/28 | 278 | D | 719 | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | DEN | Denver, CO | 542 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 73 | Y |
SkyWest | 6/28 | 243 | D | 5931 | FAT | Fresno, CA | DEN | Denver, CO | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 73 | Y |
Mesa | 6/2 | 225 | D | 6080 | RDU | Morrisville, NC | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SAT | San Anthonio, TX | 190 | Y |
United | 6/13 | 208 | D | 536 | BIL | Billings, MT | DEN | Denver, CO | 383 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | BFF | Scottsbluff, NE | 150 | Y |
GoJet | 6/28 | 196 | D | 4884 | MCI | Kansas City, MO | DEN | Denver, CO | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 73 | Y |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
Mesa | 6/12 | 305 | D | 5781 | SLP | San Luis Potosi, Mex. | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | AUS | Austin, TX | 190 | Y |
British Airways | 6/29 | 279 | 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 |
ExpressJet | 6/16 | 276 | D | 4443 | CME | Ciudad del Carmen, Mex. | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | LCH | Lake Charles, LA | 127 | Y |
ExpressJet | 6/28 | 254 | D | 4493 | VER | Veracruz, Mex. | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | AUS | Austin, TX | 140 | 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