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Domestic Tarmac Times by Airport
Type:   Year:   Start Month: To:   Tarmac Min: Max:
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Data available through January 2024. Please limit search using dropdowns to a single calendar year. Data begins with January 1995. See New Tarmac Time Data Q&A. for explanation of reporting changes in October 2008 and August 2011.
AirportTarmac TimesStage of OperationDeparting Flights*
TotalPercent of Regularly Scheduled FlightsPrior To CancellationMultiple Gate DepartureTaxi-OutTaxi-InAt Diversion Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)1890.08  1827 251,115
Chicago, IL (ORD)1120.04  1084 297,490
Newark, NJ (EWR)950.08  950 121,785
Detroit, MI (DTW)620.04  620 155,568
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)530.04  530 138,087
Denver, CO (DEN)520.04  511 135,202
New York, NY (LGA)350.04  350 96,444
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)290.03  290 108,829
New York, NY (JFK)200.05  191 39,707
Houston, TX (IAH)100.01  100 124,263
Austin, TX (AUS)90.02  90 37,671
Boston, MA (BOS)80.01  80 98,268
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)80.01  80 117,442
Washington, DC (DCA)60.01  51 84,301
Colorado Springs, CO (COS)50.03  50 15,986
Charlotte, NC (CLT)50.00  50 128,718
Kansas City, MO (MCI)40.01  31 56,957
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)40.00  31 87,665
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)40.00  31 188,094
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)30.00  30 121,022
St. Louis, MO (STL)30.00  30 177,067
Atlanta, GA (ATL)30.00  12 250,222
Harrisburg, PA (MDT)20.03  20 7,806
Providence, RI (PVD)20.01  20 20,462
Washington, DC (IAD)20.01  20 39,140
Tampa, FL (TPA)20.00  20 52,392
Cleveland, OH (CLE)20.00  20 63,615
Miami, FL (MIA)20.00  20 64,464
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)20.00  11 85,287
Orlando, FL (MCO)20.00  20 89,861
Hayden, CO (HDN)10.14  10 721
Rochester, MN (RST)10.03  10 3,137
Sioux Falls, SD (FSD)10.02  10 4,027
Madison, WI (MSN)10.02  10 4,526
White Plains, NY (HPN)10.02  10 5,907
Midland/Odessa, TX (MAF)10.02  10 6,509
Dayton, OH (DAY)10.01  10 11,964
Tucson, AZ (TUS)10.01  10 18,316
Hartford, CT (BDL)10.00  10 26,820
Reno, NV (RNO)10.00  01 27,392
Indianapolis, IN (IND)10.00  10 35,318
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)10.00  10 35,468
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)10.00  10 37,604
San Antonio, TX (SAT)10.00  10 38,554
Dallas, TX (DAL)10.00  10 47,450
New Orleans, LA (MSY)10.00  10 47,701
San Jose, CA (SJC)10.00  10 48,009
Nashville, TN (BNA)10.00  10 48,720
Seattle, WA (SEA)10.00  01 97,653
Total Airports7540.01  73222 5,411,843

Note: Tarmac times for all flights by airlines reporting on-time data are available beginning with October 2008 data. From January 1995 through September 2008, airlines reporting on-time data reported only taxi-out and taxi-in times. Airlines currently reporting on-time data.

Note: Reporting changes due to mergers. Joint reporting begins after Federal Aviation Administration approval of a single operating certificate.
* Jan. 2006: US Airways (US) and America West (HP) start to report combined on-time data in January 2006 as US Airways (US).
* Oct. 2007: US Airways (US) and America West (HP) start to report combined traffic and financial data as US Airways (US).
* Jan. 2010: Delta (DL) and Northwest (NW) start to report jointly as Delta (DL).
* Jan. 2011: Continental Micronesia (CS) and Continental Airlines (CO) start to report jointly as Continental Airlines (CO).
* Jan. 2012: United (UA) and Continental (CO) start to report jointly as United (UA).
* Jan. 2012: Atlantic Southeast (EV) and ExpressJet (XE) start to report jointly as ExpressJet (EV). For data through December 2011, use the code EV for Atlantic Southeast, which will be displayed as (EV) ExpressJet, and the code XE for ExpressJet, which will be displayed as (XE) ExpressJet (1). Beginning with January 2012 data, use the code EV for ExpressJet.
• Endeavor (9E) operated as Pinnacle prior to August 2013. Envoy (MQ) operated as American Eagle prior to April 2014.
• Southwest (WN) and AirTran (FL) began reporting jointly as WN in January 2015 following their 2011 merger announcement.
• American (AA) and US Airways (US) began reporting jointly as AA in July 2015 following their 2013 merger announcement.

Note: Numbers found here may differ from those previously available on the BTS website and on the Air Travel Consumer Report. Beginning with the release of May 2010 data, lengthy tarmac times are measured as more than 3 hours (181 minutes plus). Previous releases used the measurement of 3 hours or more (180 minutes plus). 2-hour and 1-hour tarmac times have been changed to conform. Data from previous months on this application have been revised but may differ from the previously-released Air Travel Consumer Report Tables 11 and 12, which were not revised. Air Travel Consumer Report Tables 11 and 12, beginning with the release of May 2010 data in the July report, will reflect the change in measurement.

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Explanation of Stage of Operation
Prior to Cancellation: Flight left the gate but was cancelled at the origin airport
Multiple Gate Departure: Flight left the gate, then returned and then left again to resume normal operation. Tarmac time is the time before the return to the gate.
Taxi-out: The time between gate departure and wheels-off
Taxi-in: The time between wheels-on and gate arrival
At Diversion Airport: The tarmac time at the alternate airport

* Departing flights reported by 18 airlines reporting on-time data.

The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 10 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines started reporting for the first time)
2001: 12 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines ceased reporting for the first time)
2002: 10
2003: 17 (18 starting in November when Hawaiian Airlines started reporting)
2004: 19
2005: 20 (19 through April after which Frontier Airlines started reporting)
2006: 20 (19 through March after which Aloha Airlines started reporting for the second time)
2007: 20
2008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)
2009: 19
2010: 18
2011: 16
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 14
2015: 13 (14 through June after which American and US Airways began joint reporting)
2016: 12
2017: 12
2018: 17 (18 through March after which Alaska Airlines and Virgin America began joint reporting)
2019: 17
2020: 17
2021: 17