Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Taxi-Out by Carrier and Time-Blocks, 2006

Flights with Taxi-Out Times of more than 2 hours

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

Ranked by number of 2006 flights with taxi-out times of more than 121 minutes

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  Number of Flights in 2006 by Minutes of Taxi-out Time Total Flights
121-180 181-240 241-300 Total 121-300 300+ Total 121+
American 987 175 35 1,197 9 1,206 643,597
ExpressJet 931 172 25 1,128 7 1,135 441,470
United 680 165 34 879 5 884 500,008
Continental 683 100 8 791 4 795 309,389
American Eagle 603 65 10 678 0 678 550,088
US Airways 446 86 13 545 0 545 504,844
Delta 331 60 16 407 3 410 506,086
JetBlue 195 72 24 291 3 294 155,732
SkyWest 234 34 4 272 0 272 548,109
Northwest 211 22 5 238 0 238 432,880
Comair 182 36 2 220 2 222 278,099
Southwest 194 22 2 218 0 218 1,099,321
AirTran 142 23 5 170 1 171 237,645
Mesa 148 15 1 164 0 164 304,764
Atlantic Southeast 66 12 1 79 1 80 273,143
ATA 30 4 1 35 1 36 19,602
Frontier 22 5 2 29 0 29 90,181
Alaska 24 3 0 27 0 27 159,404
Aloha 1 0 0 1 0 1 35,387
Hawaiian 0 0 0 0 0 0 52,173
Total 6,110 1,071 188 7,369 36 7,405 7,141,922

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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