BTS | Taxi-Out Times for All Airports by Hour Block, 1995-2008

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Taxi-Out Times for All Airports by Hour Block, 1995-2008

Taxi-Out Time: The time elapsed between departure from the origin airport gate and wheels off.

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Number of Flights by Minutes of Taxi-Out Time

Year	Total Flights	0-15	16-30	31-60	61-120	121-180	181-240	241-300	301 +
1995	5,327,435	3,758,749	1,289,854	168,609	16,104	1,786	325	70	33
1996	5,351,983	3,662,094	1,350,501	183,720	23,378	3,131	490	115	18
1997	5,411,843	3,676,259	1,425,749	188,060	20,813	2,467	521	132	79
1998	5,384,721	3,534,673	1,462,728	210,536	27,689	3,712	717	141	16
1999	5,527,884	3,413,768	1,641,595	275,076	36,585	5,219	1,050	246	34
2000	5,683,047	3,358,301	1,774,684	314,244	41,079	5,632	1,241	297	79
2001	5,967,780	3,658,856	1,765,709	275,441	32,143	3,682	623	113	15
2002	5,271,359	3,358,493	1,585,887	230,940	26,474	3,492	712	134	84
2003	6,488,540	4,148,348	1,892,821	301,535	38,838	4,357	858	218	96
2004	7,129,270	4,505,170	2,173,896	389,835	52,254	6,235	1,036	193	42
2005	7,140,596	4,439,322	2,154,177	357,049	49,576	5,695	881	139	27
2006	7,141,922	4,389,760	2,163,726	399,634	59,463	6,110	1,071	188	36
2007	7,455,458	4,346,445	2,401,351	465,887	72,113	7,250	1,327	234	42
Jan 2008	605,765	340,060	201,962	41,493	4,500	360	52	23	7
Feb 2008	569,236	313,052	186,906	42,686	5,533	380	74	6	3
Mar 2008	616,090	356,083	200,119	38,121	5,102	409	55	14	4
Apr 2008	598,126	358,842	189,336	34,419	4,825	317	31	1	0
May 2008	606,293	376,031	187,564	31,744	4,310	369	44	2	0
June 2008	608,665	354,451	193,349	39,744	8,942	1,035	161	44	8
July 2008	627,931	374,022	195,729	38,590	7,608	1,057	247	69	11
Jan-July 2008	4,232,106	2,472,541	1,354,965	266,797	40,820	3,927	664	159	33

Percent of Flights by Minutes of Taxi-Out Time

Year	Total Flights	0-15	16-30	31-60	61-120	121-180	181-240	241-300	301 +
1995	5,327,435	70.55%	24.21%	3.16%	0.30%	0.03%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
1996	5,351,983	68.42%	25.23%	3.43%	0.44%	0.06%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
1997	5,411,843	67.93%	26.34%	3.47%	0.38%	0.05%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
1998	5,384,721	65.64%	27.16%	3.91%	0.51%	0.07%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
1999	5,527,884	61.76%	29.70%	4.98%	0.66%	0.09%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%
2000	5,683,047	59.09%	31.23%	5.53%	0.72%	0.10%	0.02%	0.01%	0.00%
2001	5,967,780	61.31%	29.59%	4.62%	0.54%	0.06%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
2002	5,271,359	63.71%	30.08%	4.38%	0.50%	0.07%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
2003	6,488,540	63.93%	29.17%	4.65%	0.60%	0.07%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
2004	7,129,270	63.19%	30.49%	5.47%	0.73%	0.09%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
2005	7,140,596	62.17%	30.17%	5.00%	0.69%	0.08%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
2006	7,141,922	61.46%	30.30%	5.60%	0.83%	0.09%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
2007	7,455,458	58.30%	32.21%	6.25%	0.97%	0.10%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%
Jan 2008	605,765	56.14%	33.34%	6.85%	0.74%	0.06%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
Feb 2008	569,236	55.00%	32.83%	7.50%	0.97%	0.07%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
Mar 2008	616,090	57.80%	32.48%	6.19%	0.83%	0.07%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
Apr 2008	598,126	59.99%	31.65%	5.75%	0.81%	0.05%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
May 2008	606,293	62.02%	30.94%	5.24%	0.71%	0.06%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%
June 2008	608,665	58.23%	31.77%	6.53%	1.47%	0.17%	0.03%	0.01%	0.00%
July 2008	627,931	59.56%	31.17%	6.15%	1.21%	0.17%	0.04%	0.01%	0.00%
Jan-July 2008	4,232,106	58.42%	32.02%	6.30%	0.96%	0.09%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%

NOTE: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 11
2001: 12
2001: 10
2003: 18
2004: 19
2005: 20
2006: 20
2007: 20
2008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics