Flights with Tarmac Time of More than 3 Hours, September 2010
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 | ||||||||||||||
| US Airways | 9/22 | 197 | C | 373 | JFK | New York, NY | CLT | Charlotte, NC | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Delta | 9/22 | 183 | C | 2189 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | DTW | Detroit, MI | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Southwest | 9/22 | 199 | M | 337 | PHL | Philadelphia, PA | STL | St. Louis, MO | 423 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 346 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Pinnacle | 9/22 | 185 | M | 3968 | JFK | New York, NY | ORD | Chicago, IL | 274 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 232 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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