Flights with Tarmac Time of More than 3 Hours, August 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
SkyWest | 8/3 | 221 | D | 5594 | FCA | Kalispell, MT | DEN | Denver, CO | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 73 | Y |
Southwest | 8/3 | 184 | D | 632 | LAX | Los Angeles, CA | DEN | Denver, CO | 360 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 73 | Y |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines | 8/28 | 240 | D | 690 | RAI | Praia, Cape Verde | BOS | Boston, MA | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | JFK | New York, NY | 186 | Y |
United | 8/28 | 229 | D | 39 | OSL | Oslo, Norway | EWR | Newark, NJ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SYR | Syracuse, NY | 194 | Y |
Emirates | 8/28 | 221 | M | 202 | JFK | New York, NY | DXB | Dubai, UAE | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 8/28 | 203 | D | 28 | LHR | London, UK | EWR | Newark, NJ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | BOS | Boston, MA | 200 | Y |
American | 8/13 | 181 | D | 340 | PVR | Puerto Vallarta, Mex | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | AUS | Austin, 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