Taxi-Out by Carrier and Time-Blocks January - October 2008,,,,,,,,, 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 2008 flights with taxi-out times of more than 121 minutes,,,,,,,,, Carrier Name,Number of Flights in 2008 by Minutes of Taxi-out Time,,,,,,Total Flights,, ,121-180,181-240,241-300,"Total 121-300",300+,"Total 121+",,, American,650,135,20,805,2,807,"512,724",, Delta,505,102,45,652,13,665,"378,059",, ExpressJet,495,93,9,597,1,598,"327,635",, United,440,64,9,513,2,515,"385,833",, Continental,423,91,5,519,0,519,"254,192",, American Eagle,411,33,2,446,4,450,"421,761",, US Airways,384,73,26,483,2,485,"381,864",, JetBlue,355,66,44,465,7,472,"163,740",, Comair,269,50,17,336,7,343,"171,174",, SkyWest,197,19,0,216,0,216,"479,749",, AirTran,195,34,2,231,0,231,"220,844" Northwest,191,22,4,217,0,217,"298,974" Atlantic Southeast,160,23,11,194,1,195,"234,236" Southwest,145,11,1,157,1,158,"1,007,779" Mesa,117,11,0,128,0,128,"214,920" Pinnacle,82,12,2,96,1,97,"218,371" Frontier,16,3,1,20,0,20,"81,290" Alaska,7,3,0,10,0,10,"128,743" Hawaiian,0,0,0,0,0,0,"49,930" Aloha,0,0,0,0,0,0,"7,800" Total,"5,042",845,198,"6,085",41,"6,126","5,939,618" Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,,