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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)2950.09  21382 332,579
Newark, NJ (EWR)2440.16  2422 150,412
Chicago, IL (ORD)2010.05  1974 366,705
New York, NY (LGA)800.07  782 106,731
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)680.06  671 108,742
New York, NY (JFK)610.08  565 74,506
Atlanta, GA (ATL)590.02  563 368,743
Twin Falls, ID (TWF)311.52  031 2,034
Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID (SUN)210.66  615 3,201
Denver, CO (DEN)200.01  173 141,824
Washington, DC (IAD)180.02  180 103,386
Chicago, IL (MDW)140.02  140 85,831
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)130.01  130 144,836
Miami, FL (MIA)110.02  65 61,692
Boston, MA (BOS)110.01  110 115,460
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)110.01  101 125,545
Baltimore, MD (BWI)90.01  90 99,255
Houston, TX (IAH)90.00  63 185,182
Indianapolis, IN (IND)80.02  80 41,617
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)70.00  43 223,971
Hartford, CT (BDL)60.02  60 33,567
Kansas City, MO (MCI)60.01  60 59,533
Washington, DC (DCA)60.01  60 79,120
Cleveland, OH (CLE)60.01  60 90,094
Seattle, WA (SEA)60.01  51 104,605
Manchester, NH (MHT)50.03  50 19,246
Austin, TX (AUS)50.01  41 41,015
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)50.01  23 60,478
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)50.01  50 65,090
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)50.01  50 92,595
Detroit, MI (DTW)50.00  50 139,844
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)50.00  05 169,895
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)40.03  40 12,801
Omaha, NE (OMA)40.02  40 20,355
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)40.01  40 46,647
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)40.01  40 51,341
San Jose, CA (SJC)40.01  40 62,884
Lafayette, LA (LFT)30.08  30 3,966
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)30.01  30 23,844
Columbus, OH (CMH)30.01  30 35,356
Ontario, CA (ONT)30.01  12 35,459
Orlando, FL (MCO)30.00  21 93,171
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)30.00  21 143,179
Asheville, NC (AVL)20.05  20 3,680
San Luis Obispo, CA (SBP)20.04  02 5,596
Harrisburg, PA (MDT)20.02  20 8,435
Santa Barbara, CA (SBA)20.02  02 11,008
Dayton, OH (DAY)20.02  20 12,919
Albany, NY (ALB)20.01  20 17,098
Tulsa, OK (TUL)20.01  20 21,850
Reno, NV (RNO)20.01  11 27,591
San Antonio, TX (SAT)20.01  20 39,083
Nashville, TN (BNA)20.00  20 55,585
St. Louis, MO (STL)20.00  20 100,904
Charlotte, NC (CLT)20.00  20 103,417
San Francisco, CA (SFO)20.00  20 122,334
Cedar City, UT (CDC)10.09  01 1,070
Appleton, WI (ATW)10.09  10 1,087
Sitka, AK (SIT)10.08  10 1,296
Helena, MT (HLN)10.08  01 1,301
Bismarck/Mandan, ND (BIS)10.05  01 1,846
Champaign/Urbana, IL (CMI)10.05  10 1,948
Bloomington/Normal, IL (BMI)10.05  10 1,954
Abilene, TX (ABI)10.04  10 2,529
Bakersfield, CA (BFL)10.04  10 2,758
Elko, NV (EKO)10.03  01 3,007
South Bend, IN (SBN)10.03  10 3,027
St. George, UT (SGU)10.03  01 3,107
College Station/Bryan, TX (CLL)10.03  10 3,255
Idaho Falls, ID (IDA)10.03  10 3,317
Grand Junction, CO (GJT)10.03  01 3,881
Eugene, OR (EUG)10.03  01 3,949
Bozeman, MT (BZN)10.02  01 4,043
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA (ABE)10.02  10 4,071
Augusta, GA (AGS)10.02  10 4,321
Billings, MT (BIL)10.02  01 4,339
Roanoke, VA (ROA)10.02  10 4,846
Huntsville, AL (HSV)10.01  01 6,798
Lexington, KY (LEX)10.01  10 6,808
Burlington, VT (BTV)10.01  10 7,188
Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)10.01  01 7,863
White Plains, NY (HPN)10.01  10 8,273
Savannah, GA (SAV)10.01  10 8,850
Lubbock, TX (LBB)10.01  10 9,913
Long Beach, CA (LGB)10.01  10 10,560
Fresno, CA (FAT)10.01  01 13,645
Rochester, NY (ROC)10.01  10 15,590
Richmond, VA (RIC)10.01  10 15,711
Little Rock, AR (LIT)10.01  10 16,198
Tucson, AZ (TUS)10.01  10 18,311
Birmingham, AL (BHM)10.01  10 19,233
Buffalo, NY (BUF)10.00  10 21,762
San Juan, PR (SJU)10.00  10 24,219
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL (PBI)10.00  01 25,165
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)10.00  10 26,048
Providence, RI (PVD)10.00  10 27,945
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)10.00  10 36,708
Dallas, TX (DAL)10.00  10 45,393
Sacramento, CA (SMF)10.00  01 46,747
New Orleans, LA (MSY)10.00  10 52,334
Portland, OR (PDX)10.00  01 55,450
Houston, TX (HOU)10.00  10 57,375
Oakland, CA (OAK)10.00  01 67,279
Total Airports1,3670.02  1,172195 6,488,540

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