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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)3460.14  3451 246,913
Newark, NJ (EWR)3210.26  3210 124,496
Chicago, IL (ORD)2580.09  2580 296,771
New York, NY (LGA)1460.14  1460 104,177
New York, NY (JFK)1260.28  1260 45,578
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)1230.10  1230 121,151
Atlanta, GA (ATL)610.02  610 265,708
St. Louis, MO (STL)250.01  250 169,606
Detroit, MI (DTW)230.01  230 153,510
Denver, CO (DEN)220.02  211 137,302
Boston, MA (BOS)200.02  200 113,056
Chicago, IL (MDW)170.03  170 53,329
Houston, TX (IAH)170.01  170 131,047
Washington, DC (DCA)130.02  130 85,932
Charlotte, NC (CLT)110.01  47 130,623
Washington, DC (IAD)90.01  90 65,462
Baltimore, MD (BWI)90.01  81 91,220
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)90.01  90 106,238
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)60.01  60 43,556
Miami, FL (MIA)60.01  60 66,914
White Plains, NY (HPN)40.08  40 5,006
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)40.01  40 50,585
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)40.01  40 73,816
San Francisco, CA (SFO)40.00  40 135,032
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)40.00  40 212,118
Portland, ME (PWM)30.05  30 6,107
Tampa, FL (TPA)30.00  21 64,645
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)30.00  30 147,284
Dayton, OH (DAY)20.02  20 11,168
Manchester, NH (MHT)20.01  20 13,731
Tulsa, OK (TUL)20.01  20 19,942
Hartford, CT (BDL)20.01  20 36,520
San Antonio, TX (SAT)20.01  20 38,704
Portland, OR (PDX)20.00  11 57,253
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)20.00  20 80,496
Moline, IL (MLI)10.05  10 1,962
Springfield, MO (SGF)10.05  10 2,065
Rochester, MN (RST)10.04  10 2,235
Madison, WI (MSN)10.03  10 3,976
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ)10.02  10 4,942
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA (CID)10.02  10 5,146
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA (ABE)10.02  10 6,302
Wichita, KS (ICT)10.02  10 6,541
Islip, NY (ISP)10.01  10 8,440
Syracuse, NY (SYR)10.01  10 11,376
Omaha, NE (OMA)10.01  01 17,262
Buffalo, NY (BUF)10.01  10 19,102
Indianapolis, IN (IND)10.00  10 35,261
Columbus, OH (CMH)10.00  10 35,654
Austin, TX (AUS)10.00  10 42,686
New Orleans, LA (MSY)10.00  10 51,199
Cleveland, OH (CLE)10.00  10 55,591
San Jose, CA (SJC)10.00  10 67,715
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)10.00  10 188,928
Total Airports1,6300.03  1,61713 5,683,047

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