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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)2420.06  21626 376,170
Newark, NJ (EWR)2080.13  2071 158,150
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)1270.10  1261 121,721
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)1040.03  995 344,834
New York, NY (LGA)840.07  840 127,513
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)560.03  533 208,011
New York, NY (JFK)550.06  3619 91,501
Houston, TX (IAH)540.03  540 202,030
Atlanta, GA (ATL)320.01  311 418,072
Boston, MA (BOS)300.02  300 132,339
Washington, DC (IAD)280.02  280 132,797
Charlotte, NC (CLT)220.02  202 107,662
Washington, DC (DCA)200.02  200 93,432
Hoolehua, HI (MKK)187.93  018 227
Chicago, IL (MDW)160.02  133 91,723
Miami, FL (MIA)140.02  95 65,251
Baltimore, MD (BWI)120.01  120 106,058
Cleveland, OH (CLE)110.01  92 93,259
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)110.00  83 232,621
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)90.01  90 146,935
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)80.02  80 47,971
Detroit, MI (DTW)80.01  80 146,598
Manchester, NH (MHT)70.03  70 23,880
Memphis, TN (MEM)70.01  70 48,724
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)70.01  70 62,153
Indianapolis, IN (IND)60.01  60 42,098
Providence, RI (PVD)50.02  50 30,447
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)50.01  50 66,511
San Antonio, TX (SAT)40.01  40 38,631
Austin, TX (AUS)40.01  40 39,851
San Jose, CA (SJC)40.01  40 62,916
Orlando, FL (MCO)40.00  40 108,762
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)40.00  40 158,177
Lexington, KY (LEX)30.03  30 10,063
Fort Myers, FL (RSW)30.01  30 21,899
Columbus, OH (CMH)30.01  30 38,844
Portland, OR (PDX)30.01  30 55,807
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)30.00  30 62,629
San Francisco, CA (SFO)30.00  30 130,008
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)30.00  30 138,724
Denver, CO (DEN)30.00  30 155,205
Eagle, CO (EGE)20.16  20 1,280
Portland, ME (PWM)20.02  20 10,968
Fayetteville, AR (XNA)20.01  20 13,428
Little Rock, AR (LIT)20.01  20 17,506
Tucson, AZ (TUS)20.01  20 17,845
Louisville, KY (SDF)20.01  20 23,192
Norfolk, VA (ORF)20.01  20 24,013
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)20.01  20 30,212
Hartford, CT (BDL)20.01  20 34,565
Honolulu, HI (HNL)20.01  11 35,880
New Orleans, LA (MSY)20.00  20 53,167
Kansas City, MO (MCI)20.00  20 59,278
St. Louis, MO (STL)20.00  20 61,259
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)20.00  11 170,209
Modesto, CA (MOD)10.07  10 1,410
Lake Charles, LA (LCH)10.06  10 1,593
State College, PA (SCE)10.06  10 1,709
Brownsville, TX (BRO)10.06  10 1,719
Hilo, HI (ITO)10.04  10 2,526
Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID (SUN)10.03  10 3,078
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA (AVP)10.03  10 3,153
Alexandria, LA (AEX)10.03  10 3,254
Montgomery, AL (MGM)10.03  10 3,511
Grand Junction, CO (GJT)10.03  10 3,633
Fargo, ND (FAR)10.03  10 3,912
Augusta, GA (AGS)10.02  10 4,039
Moline, IL (MLI)10.02  10 4,058
Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA (PSC)10.02  01 4,162
Asheville, NC (AVL)10.02  10 4,290
Harlingen/San Benito, TX (HRL)10.02  10 5,884
Lihue, HI (LIH)10.01  10 7,469
Midland/Odessa, TX (MAF)10.01  10 7,900
Amarillo, TX (AMA)10.01  10 8,172
White Plains, NY (HPN)10.01  10 8,407
Lubbock, TX (LBB)10.01  10 9,431
Harrisburg, PA (MDT)10.01  10 10,286
Des Moines, IA (DSM)10.01  10 11,524
Huntsville, AL (HSV)10.01  10 11,890
Palm Springs, CA (PSP)10.01  01 12,072
Islip, NY (ISP)10.01  10 12,505
Colorado Springs, CO (COS)10.01  10 13,105
Savannah, GA (SAV)10.01  10 13,194
Knoxville, TN (TYS)10.01  10 13,733
Kahului, HI (OGG)10.01  10 13,735
Dayton, OH (DAY)10.01  10 16,251
Albany, NY (ALB)10.01  10 18,067
Rochester, NY (ROC)10.01  10 19,065
Greensboro/High Point, NC (GSO)10.01  01 19,439
Omaha, NE (OMA)10.00  10 21,353
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)10.00  10 21,699
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)10.00  10 22,465
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL (PBI)10.00  10 27,545
Buffalo, NY (BUF)10.00  10 27,913
Sacramento, CA (SMF)10.00  10 48,633
Nashville, TN (BNA)10.00  10 60,255
Tampa, FL (TPA)10.00  10 71,742
Seattle, WA (SEA)10.00  01 109,418
Total Airports1,3210.02  1,22695 7,129,270

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)

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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