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Winter Holiday Flight Delays 2005

Airline On-Time Performance December 2005
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
12/16/05 Friday 19,515 55.27 8,730 5,810 19,515 339 33 119,184 21,457 137,388 870 184,798 463,697
12/17/05 Saturday 16,402 66.16 5,551 3,206 16,402 153 19 99,296 4,162 60,443 1,072 75,367 240,340
12/18/05 Sunday 18,423 72.08 5,144 2,998 18,423 239 26 89,224 5,657 64,195 1,394 86,467 246,937
12/19/05 Monday 19,469 75.01 4,866 2,686 19,469 284 32 75,756 6,940 51,045 279 65,925 199,945
12/20/05 Tuesday 19,069 71.99 5,342 2,865 19,069 207 23 87,948 7,732 49,901 537 79,902 226,020
12/21/05 Wednesday 19,436 70.44 5,745 3,042 19,436 197 21 90,917 5,760 61,337 571 81,710 240,295
12/22/05 Thursday 19,548 67.43 6,367 3,462 19,548 174 29 101,589 7,728 68,406 904 103,531 282,158
12/23/05 Friday 19,521 74.36 5,006 2,754 19,521 145 72 81,715 8,815 43,170 604 70,863 205,167
12/24/05 Saturday 15,761 82.34 2,783 1,524 15,761 94 50 53,421 8,261 23,090 345 40,617 125,734
12/25/05 Sunday 16,618 75.39 4,089 2,509 16,618 177 77 58,184 18,711 63,307 349 75,132 215,683
12/26/05 Monday 19,336 69.75 5,850 3,404 19,336 139 16 81,037 8,491 68,502 1,028 105,755 264,813
12/27/05 Tuesday 19,356 73.30 5,168 2,844 19,356 210 30 79,675 5,437 56,698 1,321 85,951 229,082
12/28/05 Wednesday 19,320 63.81 6,992 4,344 19,320 184 17 92,484 15,621 111,889 710 135,524 356,228
12/29/05 Thursday 19,392 70.40 5,741 3,481 19,392 199 28 82,961 13,615 84,392 1,220 96,318 278,506
12/30/05 Friday 19,382 70.55 5,708 3,401 19,382 218 31 81,014 11,631 97,977 721 98,326 289,669
12/31/05 Saturday 15,921 75.25 3,940 2,314 15,921 213 44 75,091 7,184 44,003 571 54,395 181,244
01/01/06 Sunday 17,952 71.33 5,147 2,998 17,952 281 53 90,977 12,126 53,883 579 77,485 235,050
01/02/06 Monday 20,081 44.85 11,074 8,470 20,081 812 113 151,685 66,417 236,568 657 325,684 781,011
01/03/06 Tuesday 20,074 53.14 9,407 6,556 20,074 725 59 138,895 39,409 152,564 393 201,362 532,623

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