Flights with Tarmac Time of More than 3 Hours, April 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Delta | 4/19 | 183 | M | 1485 | LGA | New York, NY | MCO | Orlando, FL | 744 | 0 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 4/8 | 182 | D | 1523 | PIT | Pittsburgh, PA | DEN | Denver, CO | 225 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 73 | Y |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
All Nippon | 4/17 | 235 | M | 11 | ORD | Chicago, IL | NRT | Tokyo, Japan | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Lufthansa | 4/4 | 225 | M | 457 | LAX | Los Angeles, CA | FRA | Frankfurt, Germany | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
American | 4/30 | 193 | D | 602 | BGI | Bridgetown, Barbados | MIA | Miami, FL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | RSW | Fort Myers, FL | 105 | Y |
Lufthansa | 4/10 | 185 | D | 404 | FRA | Frankfurt, Germany | JFK | New York, NY | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | 93 | 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