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Winter Holiday Flight Delays 2006

Airline On-Time Performance December 2006
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
12/16/06 Saturday 17,279 76.27 4,100 2,436 1,080 174 9 66,805 4,327 56,203 538 72,509 200,382
12/17/06 Sunday 19,385 80.51 3,778 2,162 818 168 16 56,729 5,877 45,745 512 52,382 161,245
12/18/06 Monday 20,537 80.89 3,924 2,108 624 192 20 55,608 6,397 41,389 537 53,908 157,839
12/19/06 Tuesday 20,543 75.51 5,030 2,711 804 321 33 69,985 10,578 46,654 685 72,962 200,864
12/20/06 Wednesday 20,657 61.31 7,993 5,560 1,810 1,415 55 83,981 28,548 71,311 981 148,975 333,796
12/21/06 Thursday 20,761 54.27 9,493 6,870 2,481 1,956 52 116,413 16,713 136,670 950 187,271 458,017
12/22/06 Friday 20,760 42.05 12,030 8,762 3,867 1,204 54 172,829 38,792 150,042 1,901 302,098 665,662
12/23/06 Saturday 18,052 54.28 8,253 5,779 2,867 268 52 164,896 30,727 86,836 1,788 221,072 505,319
12/24/06 Sunday 17,056 74.73 4,310 2,501 997 196 31 86,469 6,515 28,662 537 77,260 199,443
12/25/06 Monday 17,485 74.00 4,546 2,560 824 325 46 80,732 4,193 37,866 376 64,376 187,543
12/26/06 Tuesday 20,572 60.44 8,139 5,349 2,375 388 35 120,360 9,461 108,303 1,233 178,440 417,797
12/27/06 Wednesday 20,593 69.36 6,309 3,745 1,454 247 27 108,735 5,278 47,220 1,348 121,257 283,838
12/28/06 Thursday 20,599 71.73 5,824 3,540 1,326 417 21 85,324 13,329 53,238 1,455 108,532 261,878
12/29/06 Friday 20,616 67.50 6,700 4,705 1,605 1,351 226 78,637 36,033 87,841 653 119,522 322,686
12/30/06 Saturday 18,212 62.07 6,908 4,485 1,802 592 86 112,544 36,408 49,776 759 146,748 346,235
12/31/06 Sunday 17,310 65.92 5,900 3,909 1,741 368 35 92,451 12,854 85,858 694 122,217 314,074
01/01/07 Monday 19,553 65.90 6,668 4,244 1,807 359 47 112,246 10,195 82,268 770 137,711 343,190
01/02/07 Tuesday 21,179 72.84 5,752 3,049 1,024 211 16 95,070 3,526 47,754 1,022 89,964 237,336
01/03/07 Wednesday 21,056 77.10 4,821 2,600 944 177 32 76,299 3,836 50,542 937 75,021 206,635

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