Flights with Tarmac Time of More than 3 Hours, May 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
American | 5/15 | 210 | D | 2255 | MIA | Miami, FL | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | 361 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | IAH | Houston, TX | 224 | Y |
ExpressJet | 5/28 | 204 | M | 4652 | ORD | Chicago, IL | CLE | Cleveland, OH | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
American | 5/20 | 185 | D | 252 | LAX | Los Angeles, CA | MIA | Miami, FL | 276 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | RSW | Fort Myers, FL | 105 | Y |
Shuttle America | 5/28 | 185 | M | 3560 | ORD | Chicago, IL | EWR | Newark, NJ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Alaska | 5/22 | 184 | TO | 33 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | SEA | Seattle, WA | 132 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
Lufthansa | 5/22 | 240 | M | 439 | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | FRA | Frankfurt, Ger. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Air Canada | 5/23 | 219 | M | 713 | LGA | New York, NY | YYZ | Toronto, CA | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 5/10 | 207 | D | 1467 | SAL | San Salvador, SV | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | EFD | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A |
American | 5/22 | 185 | D | 55 | MAN | Manchester, UK | ORD | Chicago, IL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DTW | Detroit, MI | N/A | N/A |
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