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Winter Holiday Flight Delays 2003

Airline On-Time Performance December 2003
For individual airline or airport performance, go to the BTS Searchable Database http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/airline_ontime_statistics/

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Date Day of Week Total Flights Percent On-time Flights Delayed 15 mins or more Flights Delayed 30 mins or more Flights Delayed 60 mins or more Cancelled Flights Diverted Flights Minutes of Delay by Cause (Late Flights) Minutes of Delay (Late flights)
Air Carrier Weather National Aviation System Security Aircraft Arriving Late
12/16/03 Tuesday 18,362 82.56 3,203 1,612 18,362 207 14 36,426 2,622 47,891 248 27,263 114,450
12/17/03 Wednesday 18,614 70.48 5,495 3,306 18,614 322 25 54,422 6,198 100,803 317 73,944 235,684
12/18/03 Thursday 18,840 74.91 4,727 2,593 18,840 175 11 54,287 6,635 70,429 411 58,284 190,046
12/19/03 Friday 18,913 66.71 6,296 3,724 18,913 190 9 78,652 7,134 113,095 534 116,744 316,159
12/20/03 Saturday 16,642 75.51 4,076 1,958 16,642 70 15 65,179 1,668 42,277 910 46,895 156,929
12/21/03 Sunday 17,936 80.40 3,515 1,742 17,936 143 17 53,880 4,019 36,823 580 41,045 136,347
12/22/03 Monday 18,835 83.77 3,057 1,481 18,835 194 40 43,311 13,873 25,946 579 33,041 116,750
12/23/03 Tuesday 18,793 75.83 4,542 2,295 18,793 85 9 52,014 8,333 69,389 651 60,673 191,060
12/24/03 Wednesday 16,544 80.35 3,251 1,668 16,544 124 11 43,492 2,203 43,214 700 34,471 124,080
12/25/03 Thursday 15,648 82.48 2,741 1,592 15,648 160 25 51,472 5,585 29,322 210 28,896 115,485
12/26/03 Friday 18,144 77.23 4,131 2,480 18,144 388 49 55,805 29,704 52,193 1,044 75,278 214,024
12/27/03 Saturday 16,213 76.94 3,739 2,038 16,213 136 23 53,364 11,056 53,241 617 47,456 165,734
12/28/03 Sunday 17,906 78.02 3,936 2,032 17,906 118 32 63,001 3,039 43,184 2,296 46,763 158,283
12/29/03 Monday 18,765 73.23 5,024 2,705 18,765 184 16 69,842 8,638 66,139 839 70,983 216,441
12/30/03 Tuesday 18,646 76.43 4,394 2,247 18,646 132 16 57,401 5,751 47,478 1,116 64,697 176,443
12/31/03 Wednesday 16,434 89.36 1,748 844 16,434 93 10 35,499 2,829 14,022 90 19,103 71,543
01/01/04 Thursday 17,209 84.54 2,660 1,424 17,209 199 26 39,376 9,342 31,997 121 26,863 107,699
01/02/04 Friday 19,056 66.93 6,301 4,266 19,056 610 73 69,845 18,145 135,799 1,007 137,934 362,730
01/03/04 Saturday 17,258 63.90 6,230 3,819 17,258 259 61 103,117 28,113 79,215 740 87,246 298,431

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Note: Minutes of delay calculated for flights arriving 15 minutes or more after scheduled arrival time.

NOTE: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
2003: 18
2004: 19
2005: 20
2006: 20
2007: 20