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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)2800.09  26119 298,251
Newark, NJ (EWR)2700.21  2664 125,810
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)1630.14  1630 115,235
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)1090.04  1090 245,036
New York, NY (LGA)960.10  960 98,422
Detroit, MI (DTW)680.04  4721 154,172
New York, NY (JFK)520.12  520 44,949
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)480.03  471 143,419
Washington, DC (IAD)410.06  383 70,977
Boston, MA (BOS)300.03  300 107,790
Houston, TX (IAH)250.02  250 129,472
Washington, DC (DCA)210.03  210 82,498
Miami, FL (MIA)180.03  180 66,299
Atlanta, GA (ATL)180.01  180 263,865
Austin, TX (AUS)100.02  82 44,351
St. Louis, MO (STL)100.01  100 175,708
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)100.01  73 191,762
Cleveland, OH (CLE)80.01  80 58,434
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)70.01  70 101,312
Charlotte, NC (CLT)70.01  70 120,589
Chicago, IL (MDW)60.01  60 50,491
Denver, CO (DEN)60.00  60 135,777
White Plains, NY (HPN)50.10  50 4,961
Kansas City, MO (MCI)50.01  50 60,167
San Antonio, TX (SAT)40.01  40 38,066
Orlando, FL (MCO)40.00  40 97,926
Harrisburg, PA (MDT)30.04  30 7,603
Hartford, CT (BDL)30.01  30 31,954
Indianapolis, IN (IND)30.01  30 34,471
Dallas, TX (DAL)30.01  30 50,118
Houston, TX (HOU)30.01  30 57,327
Baltimore, MD (BWI)30.00  30 81,671
Eagle, CO (EGE)20.18  20 1,129
Fargo, ND (FAR)20.08  20 2,578
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA (CID)20.04  20 5,369
Dayton, OH (DAY)20.02  20 10,685
Albany, NY (ALB)20.02  20 11,644
Richmond, VA (RIC)20.01  20 16,545
Tulsa, OK (TUL)20.01  20 18,906
Tucson, AZ (TUS)20.01  20 19,360
Columbus, OH (CMH)20.01  20 37,360
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)20.01  20 38,154
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)20.00  20 45,729
San Francisco, CA (SFO)20.00  20 136,952
Burlington, VT (BTV)10.04  10 2,676
Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)10.03  10 3,016
Huntsville, AL (HSV)10.02  10 5,860
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA (ABE)10.02  10 6,089
Charleston, SC (CHS)10.01  10 6,974
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)10.01  10 8,794
Syracuse, NY (SYR)10.01  10 11,252
Rochester, NY (ROC)10.01  10 14,894
Norfolk, VA (ORF)10.01  10 15,954
Buffalo, NY (BUF)10.01  10 18,876
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)10.00  10 20,247
Birmingham, AL (BHM)10.00  10 20,889
Providence, RI (PVD)10.00  10 22,934
Reno, NV (RNO)10.00  01 29,498
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)10.00  10 34,033
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)10.00  10 37,276
Nashville, TN (BNA)10.00  01 54,544
San Jose, CA (SJC)10.00  10 56,219
Portland, OR (PDX)10.00  10 56,978
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)10.00  10 77,278
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)10.00  10 125,125
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)10.00  10 177,701
Total Airports1,3850.03  1,33055 5,527,884

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