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Taxi-Out Times for All Airports by Hour Block, 1995-2008

Taxi-Out Time: The time elapsed between departure from the origin airport gate and wheels off.

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Number of Flights by Minutes of Taxi-Out Time

Year Total
Flights
0-15 16-30 31-60 61-120 121-180 181-240 241-300 301 +
1995 5,327,435 3,758,749 1,289,854 168,609 16,104 1,786 325 70 33
1996 5,351,983 3,662,094 1,350,501 183,720 23,378 3,131 490 115 18
1997 5,411,843 3,676,259 1,425,749 188,060 20,813 2,467 521 132 79
1998 5,384,721 3,534,673 1,462,728 210,536 27,689 3,712 717 141 16
1999 5,527,884 3,413,768 1,641,595 275,076 36,585 5,219 1,050 246 34
2000 5,683,047 3,358,301 1,774,684 314,244 41,079 5,632 1,241 297 79
2001 5,967,780 3,658,856 1,765,709 275,441 32,143 3,682 623 113 15
2002 5,271,359 3,358,493 1,585,887 230,940 26,474 3,492 712 134 84
2003 6,488,540 4,148,348 1,892,821 301,535 38,838 4,357 858 218 96
2004 7,129,270 4,505,170 2,173,896 389,835 52,254 6,235 1,036 193 42
2005 7,140,596 4,439,322 2,154,177 357,049 49,576 5,695 881 139 27
2006 7,141,922 4,389,760 2,163,726 399,634 59,463 6,110 1,071 188 36
2007 7,455,458 4,346,445 2,401,351 465,887 72,113 7,250 1,327 234 42
Jan 2008 605,765 340,060 201,962 41,493 4,500 360 52 23 7
Feb 2008 569,236 313,052 186,906 42,686 5,533 380 74 6 3
Mar 2008 616,090 356,083 200,119 38,121 5,102 409 55 14 4
Apr 2008 598,126 358,842 189,336 34,419 4,825 317 31 1 0
May 2008 606,293 376,031 187,564 31,744 4,310 369 44 2 0
June 2008 608,665 354,451 193,349 39,744 8,942 1,035 161 44 8
July 2008 627,931 374,022 195,729 38,590 7,608 1,057 247 69 11
August 2008 612,279 375,891 185,157 33,881 6,521 827 130 30 7
September 2008 540,908 339,853 159,143 28,423 3,374 174 21 7 0
Jan-September 2008 5,385,293 3,188,285 1,699,265 329,101 50,715 4,928 815 196 40


Percent of Flights by Minutes of Taxi-Out Time

Year Total
Flights
0-15 16-30 31-60 61-120 121-180 181-240 241-300 301 +
1995 5,327,435 70.55% 24.21% 3.16% 0.30% 0.03% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1996 5,351,983 68.42% 25.23% 3.43% 0.44% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1997 5,411,843 67.93% 26.34% 3.47% 0.38% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1998 5,384,721 65.64% 27.16% 3.91% 0.51% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
1999 5,527,884 61.76% 29.70% 4.98% 0.66% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
2000 5,683,047 59.09% 31.23% 5.53% 0.72% 0.10% 0.02% 0.01% 0.00%
2001 5,967,780 61.31% 29.59% 4.62% 0.54% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2002 5,271,359 63.71% 30.08% 4.38% 0.50% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2003 6,488,540 63.93% 29.17% 4.65% 0.60% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2004 7,129,270 63.19% 30.49% 5.47% 0.73% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2005 7,140,596 62.17% 30.17% 5.00% 0.69% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2006 7,141,922 61.46% 30.30% 5.60% 0.83% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
2007 7,455,458 58.30% 32.21% 6.25% 0.97% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
Jan 2008 605,765 56.14% 33.34% 6.85% 0.74% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Feb 2008 569,236 55.00% 32.83% 7.50% 0.97% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Mar 2008 616,090 57.80% 32.48% 6.19% 0.83% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Apr 2008 598,126 59.99% 31.65% 5.75% 0.81% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
May 2008 606,293 62.02% 30.94% 5.24% 0.71% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
June 2008 608,665 58.23% 31.77% 6.53% 1.47% 0.17% 0.03% 0.01% 0.00%
July 2008 627,931 59.56% 31.17% 6.15% 1.21% 0.17% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
August 2008 612,279 61.39% 30.24% 5.53% 1.07% 0.14% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
September 2008 540,908 62.83% 29.42% 5.25% 0.62% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Jan-September 2008 5,385,293 59.20% 31.55% 6.11% 0.94% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%

NOTE: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 11
2001: 12
2001: 10
2003: 18
2004: 19
2005: 20
2006: 20
2007: 20
2008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics