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Aviation and Drones

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Airline On-Time Tables - April 2018

Summary of Airline On-Time Performance Year-to-date through April 2018Ranking of Airline On-Time Performance by Month Since 1995Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Arrival Performance in April 2018Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Arrival Performance Year-to-date through April 2018Ranking of Major...

Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, April 2018

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

* 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-...

Monthly Summary of Tarmac Times, October 2008 - April 2018

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

* Includes one flight with two separate three-hour tarmac times.  Northwest Flight 1491 on Jan. 28 was on the tarmac for 188 minutes before returning to the gate.  The flight departed the gate a second time and was on the tarmac for 199 minutes before wheels-off.  Details of the flight are listed as a three-hour Multiple Gate Departure and a three-hour Taxi-out. Table 12 of the DOT Air Travel Consumer Report lists number of flights with three-hour tarmac times and counts NW Flight 1491 as a single flight....