Flights with Tarmac Time of More than 3 Hours, September 2011
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 | 9/14 | 202 | M | 6200 | IAD | Washington, DC | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 283 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 270 | 9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
United | 9/14 | 196 | M | 461 | IAD | Washington, DC | LAS | Las Vegas, NV | 253 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 241 | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ExpressJet | 9/14 | 194 | M | 5930 | IAD | Washington, DC | SDF | Louisville, KY | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
International Flights | ||||||||||||||||||
Air France | 9/29 | 224 | D | 18 | CDG | Paris, FR | EWR | Newark, NJ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | BOS | Boston, MA | 200 | Y |
JetBlue | 9/7 | 196 | TO | 871 | JFK | New York, NY | BGI | Barbados/Bridgetown,BB | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Continental | 9/4 | 193 | D | 37 | EDI | Edinburgh,GB | EWR | Newark, NJ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SWF | Newburgh/Poughkeepsie,NY | 56 | Y |
Continental | 9/4 | 186 | D | 97 | TXL | Berlin, GER | EWR | Newark, NJ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SWF | Newburgh/Poughkeepsie,NY | 56 | Y |
Continental | 9/29 | 185 | D | 1091 | MEX | Mexico City, MX | IAH | Houston, TX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | MFE | Misson/McAllen/Edinburg, TX | 316 | 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