"Taxi-Out by Carrier and Time-Blocks, 2006",,,,,,, Flights with Taxi-Out Times of more than 2 hours,,,,,,, Taxi-Out Time: The time elapsed between departure from the origin airport gate and wheels off. ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, Ranked by number of 2006 flights with taxi-out times of more than 121 minutes,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,Number of Flights in 2006 by Minutes of Taxi-out Time,,,,,,Total Flights ," 121-180 "," 181-240 "," 241-300 ",Total 121-300,300+,Total 121+, American,987,175,35,"1,197",9,"1,206","643,597" ExpressJet,931,172,25,"1,128",7,"1,135","441,470" United,680,165,34,879,5,884,"500,008" Continental,683,100,8,791,4,795,"309,389" American Eagle,603,65,10,678,0,678,"550,088" US Airways,446,86,13,545,0,545,"504,844" Delta,331,60,16,407,3,410,"506,086" JetBlue,195,72,24,291,3,294,"155,732" SkyWest,234,34,4,272,0,272,"548,109" Northwest,211,22,5,238,0,238,"432,880" Comair,182,36,2,220,2,222,"278,099" Southwest,194,22,2,218,0,218,"1,099,321" AirTran,142,23,5,170,1,171,"237,645" Mesa,148,15,1,164,0,164,"304,764" Atlantic Southeast,66,12,1,79,1,80,"273,143" ATA,30,4,1,35,1,36,"19,602" Frontier,22,5,2,29,0,29,"90,181" Alaska,24,3,0,27,0,27,"159,404" Aloha,1,0,0,1,0,1,"35,387" Hawaiian,0,0,0,0,0,0,"52,173" Total,"6,110","1,071",188,"7,369",36,"7,405","7,141,922" ,,,,,,, Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,, ,,,