BTS | Table 1-58. U.S. Air Carrier Delay Greater Than 15 Minutes by Cause

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Table 1-58. U.S. Air Carrier Delay Greater Than 15 Minutes by Cause

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	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Operations delayed (thousands)	356	338	394	393	298	281	276	248	237	272	245	306	374
Cause (%)
Weather	67	70	57	56	65	65	72	75	72	75	68	74	79
Airport terminal volume	11	9	29	35	27	27	22	19	18	18	22	15	20
ARTCC volume	13	12	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Closed runways/taxiways	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
NAS equipment	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2
Other	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	6	5

KEY: ARTCC = Air Route Traffic Control Center; NAS = National Airspace System.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Capacity Enhancement Plan (Washington, DC: Annual issues), figure 3-2 and similar tables in earlier editions, and personal communications, July 6, 2000, and Dec. 5, 2000.

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