Flights with Tarmac Time of More than 3 Hours, March 2012
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| American | 3/17 | 219 | TI | 2040 | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | STL | St. Louis, MO | 220 | 0 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Shuttle America | 3/17 | 187 | TI | 5884 | LGA | New York, NY | STL | St. Louis, MO | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ExpressJet | 3/17 | 183 | TI | 5157 | MSP | Minneapolis, MN | STL | St. Louis, MO | 178 | 0 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
| United | 3/9 | 223 | D | 1246 | GUA | Guatemala City, Guatemala | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | MSY | New Orleans, LA | 305 | Y |
| American | 3/31 | 215 | D | 2106 | CCS | Caracas, Venezuela | MIA | Miami, FL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | RSW | Fort Myers, FL | 104 | Y |
| United | 3/9 | 214 | D | 1516 | LIR | Liberia, Costa Rica | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | MSY | New Orleans, LA | 305 | Y |
| Virgin Atlantic | 3/31 | 186 | D | 75 | MAN | Manchester, United Kingdom | MCO | Orlando, FL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | TPA | Tampa, FL | 81 | Y |
| American | 3/16 | 185 | D | 956 | EZE | Ezeiza, Argentina | JFK | New York, NY | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | EWR | Newark, NJ | 21 | Y |
| United | 3/9 | 182 | D | 1468 | SAL | San Salvador, El Salvador | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | MSY | New Orleans, LA | 305 | 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