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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)1720.05  15715 337,708
Newark, NJ (EWR)1550.10  1550 155,635
New York, NY (LGA)920.07  911 127,530
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)710.06  710 126,429
Atlanta, GA (ATL)520.01  520 433,678
New York, NY (JFK)480.05  480 101,953
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)470.02  434 307,678
Denver, CO (DEN)390.02  390 182,849
Washington, DC (IAD)350.03  350 122,342
Houston, TX (IAH)340.02  340 212,013
Boston, MA (BOS)280.02  244 128,006
Washington, DC (DCA)230.02  230 104,936
Detroit, MI (DTW)220.02  220 136,220
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)210.02  210 137,393
Charlotte, NC (CLT)180.02  180 114,510
Miami, FL (MIA)160.02  151 65,743
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)140.01  122 208,645
Columbus, OH (CMH)120.03  120 37,946
Tampa, FL (TPA)110.01  110 79,520
Baltimore, MD (BWI)100.01  91 106,789
Orlando, FL (MCO)100.01  100 118,741
Chicago, IL (MDW)90.01  90 93,350
Fort Myers, FL (RSW)70.03  70 26,308
Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID (SUN)60.19  60 3,094
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)60.01  42 62,676
Cleveland, OH (CLE)60.01  60 89,195
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)50.01  41 52,489
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)50.01  50 70,339
Hartford, CT (BDL)40.01  40 37,246
Indianapolis, IN (IND)40.01  40 43,174
Bangor, ME (BGR)30.06  30 5,280
Burlington, VT (BTV)30.03  30 8,982
Dayton, OH (DAY)30.02  30 14,371
Syracuse, NY (SYR)30.02  30 14,510
Little Rock, AR (LIT)30.02  30 19,022
Norfolk, VA (ORF)30.01  30 22,046
Kansas City, MO (MCI)30.01  30 55,928
St. Louis, MO (STL)30.00  30 65,977
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)30.00  30 230,864
Eagle, CO (EGE)20.13  20 1,543
Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX (MFE)20.05  20 3,673
Peoria, IL (PIA)20.04  20 4,659
White Plains, NY (HPN)20.03  20 6,582
Portland, ME (PWM)20.02  20 9,516
Akron, OH (CAK)20.02  20 10,108
Fayetteville, AR (XNA)20.01  20 14,277
Charleston, SC (CHS)20.01  20 14,929
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)20.01  20 16,038
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)20.01  20 21,520
Tulsa, OK (TUL)20.01  20 22,001
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL (PBI)20.01  20 28,425
Providence, RI (PVD)20.01  20 31,283
New Orleans, LA (MSY)20.00  20 40,499
Austin, TX (AUS)20.00  20 41,696
Dallas, TX (DAL)20.00  20 42,271
Memphis, TN (MEM)20.00  20 48,791
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)20.00  20 160,514
Lake Charles, LA (LCH)10.08  10 1,283
Meridian, MS (MEI)10.08  10 1,293
Traverse City, MI (TVC)10.03  10 2,930
Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI (MBS)10.03  10 2,940
Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY (SWF)10.03  10 3,013
Daytona Beach, FL (DAB)10.03  10 3,721
Lafayette, LA (LFT)10.03  10 3,937
Kalamazoo, MI (AZO)10.02  10 4,442
Asheville, NC (AVL)10.02  10 4,458
Mobile, AL (MOB)10.02  10 4,551
Bozeman, MT (BZN)10.02  10 5,281
Harlingen/San Benito, TX (HRL)10.02  10 5,880
Valparaiso, FL (VPS)10.02  10 6,587
Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR)10.01  10 7,201
Flint, MI (FNT)10.01  10 7,526
Springfield, MO (SGF)10.01  10 8,490
Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)10.01  10 9,474
Lexington, KY (LEX)10.01  10 9,882
Madison, WI (MSN)10.01  10 9,980
Baton Rouge, LA (BTR)10.01  10 10,123
Albany, NY (ALB)10.01  10 18,360
Greensboro/High Point, NC (GSO)10.01  10 18,512
Rochester, NY (ROC)10.01  10 18,754
Richmond, VA (RIC)10.01  10 19,321
Tucson, AZ (TUS)10.01  10 19,601
Birmingham, AL (BHM)10.00  10 21,606
Louisville, KY (SDF)10.00  10 24,415
Manchester, NH (MHT)10.00  10 24,805
Buffalo, NY (BUF)10.00  01 27,079
Reno, NV (RNO)10.00  10 28,248
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)10.00  10 30,523
San Antonio, TX (SAT)10.00  10 39,439
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)10.00  10 48,390
Houston, TX (HOU)10.00  01 56,557
San Jose, CA (SJC)10.00  10 60,702
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)10.00  01 167,534
Total Airports1,0810.02  1,04734 7,140,596

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