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Table 5: Number of Flights with Taxi-Out Times in Excess of Two Hours

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Year 121-180 minutes 181-240 minutes 241-300 minutes 301+ minutes 2 Hour Plus taxi-out Departures with
taxi-out time data
% over two hours
Percent Rank
1995 1,786 325 70 33 2,214 5,235,530 0.04% 1
1996 3,131 490 115 18 3,754 5,223,447 0.07% 3
1997 2,467 521 132 79 3,199 5,314,080 0.06% 2
1998 3,712 717 141 16 4,586 5,240,212 0.09% 7
1999 5,219 1,050 246 34 6,549 5,373,573 0.12% 12
2000 5,632 1,241 297 79 7,249 5,495,557 0.13% 13
2001 3,682 623 113 15 4,433 5,736,582 0.08% 4
2002 3,492 712 134 84 4,422 5,206,216 0.08% 5
2003 4,357 858 218 96 5,529 6,386,299 0.09% 6
2004 6,016 1,012 172 42 7,242 6,641,160 0.11% 10
2005 5,695 881 139 27 6,742 7,006,016 0.10% 8
2006 6,110 1,071 188 36 7,405 7,018,147 0.11% 9
2007 7,249 1,327 234 44 8,854 7,291,752 0.12% 11
Grand total 58,548 10,828 2,199 603 72,178 77,168,571 0.09%  

NOTES: Data for flights showing zero taxi-out time were considered to be erroneous and were nont included in calculations for this table. Data for Comair for 2004 was not included due to taxi-out time errors for which an appropriate correction could not be determined. The number of departures shown are those for which taxi-out data is available. These numbers do not represent all scheduled airline departures in the year shown.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance Database.