Flights with Tarmac Time of More than 3 Hours, January 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Carrier | National Aviation System | Security | Weather | Late Arriving Aircraft | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spirit | 1/27 | 216 | D | 817 | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | IFP | Bullhead City, AZ | 72 | Y |
| United*** | 1/26 | 208 | D | 455 | SFO | San Francisco, CA | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | 319 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | LSV | Las Vegas | 13 | Y |
| Chautauqua | 1/27 | 184 | TO | 5070 | ORD | Chicago, IL | LSE | La Crosse, WI | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaiian | 1/7 | 211 | M | 466 | PPG | Pago Pago, American Samoa | HNL | Honolulu, HI | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| American | 1/2 | 185 | D | 962 | GRU | Sao Paulo, Brazil | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | IAH | Houston, TX | 224 | 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.
*** United Flight 455 is not listed on Table 11 of the DOT Air Travel Consumer Report because the diversion was to a military airport rather than a civilian airport.
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