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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
Chicago, IL (ORD)1700.05  1691 327,388
Atlanta, GA (ATL)1340.06  11717 231,928
Newark, NJ (EWR)1050.10  1023 102,416
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)980.03  7622 281,299
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)920.09  920 107,756
New York, NY (LGA)600.06  591 93,561
Detroit, MI (DTW)500.04  500 140,681
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)400.03  400 141,540
St. Louis, MO (STL)360.03  324 132,565
New York, NY (JFK)330.07  321 50,421
Houston, TX (IAH)240.02  240 119,677
Charlotte, NC (CLT)220.02  220 110,747
Baltimore, MD (BWI)160.02  124 86,856
Washington, DC (IAD)120.03  120 44,435
Washington, DC (DCA)90.01  90 69,264
Miami, FL (MIA)50.01  32 62,837
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)50.00  32 173,942
Cleveland, OH (CLE)40.01  40 44,584
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)40.01  31 45,938
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)40.01  40 70,024
Denver, CO (DEN)40.00  40 120,274
Wichita, KS (ICT)30.06  30 5,373
San Antonio, TX (SAT)30.01  30 36,521
Austin, TX (AUS)30.01  30 39,202
Kansas City, MO (MCI)30.01  30 56,571
Boston, MA (BOS)30.00  30 109,820
White Plains, NY (HPN)20.04  20 5,650
Dayton, OH (DAY)20.02  20 8,217
Manchester, NH (MHT)20.01  20 15,211
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)20.01  20 19,889
Hartford, CT (BDL)20.01  20 33,219
New Orleans, LA (MSY)20.00  11 49,371
Chicago, IL (MDW)20.00  20 52,445
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)20.00  20 61,586
San Francisco, CA (SFO)20.00  20 99,288
Seattle, WA (SEA)20.00  20 100,584
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)20.00  20 182,401
Gustavus, AK (GST)11.10  10 91
Kodiak, AK (ADQ)10.14  10 726
Minot, ND (MOT)10.09  10 1,094
Huntsville, AL (HSV)10.03  10 3,478
Knoxville, TN (TYS)10.02  10 4,075
Greer, SC (GSP)10.02  10 4,697
Fayetteville, AR (XNA)10.02  10 5,178
Fairbanks, AK (FAI)10.02  01 5,373
Portland, ME (PWM)10.01  10 7,267
Syracuse, NY (SYR)10.01  10 9,211
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)10.01  10 10,231
Albany, NY (ALB)10.01  10 13,961
Richmond, VA (RIC)10.01  10 14,121
Buffalo, NY (BUF)10.01  10 15,709
Tucson, AZ (TUS)10.01  10 16,222
Louisville, KY (SDF)10.01  10 17,887
Anchorage, AK (ANC)10.00  10 21,094
Burbank, CA (BUR)10.00  10 25,602
Providence, RI (PVD)10.00  10 27,144
Indianapolis, IN (IND)10.00  10 32,599
Columbus, OH (CMH)10.00  01 35,485
Nashville, TN (BNA)10.00  10 49,883
Portland, OR (PDX)10.00  10 50,635
Tampa, FL (TPA)10.00  10 62,319
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)10.00  10 81,403
Orlando, FL (MCO)10.00  10 81,485
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)10.00  10 130,594
Total Airports9910.02  93061 5,271,359

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