On Time

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released March airline on-time and tarmac numbers. Here is a summary of tables posted on the BTS website. Monday, May 14, 2012 Contact: Dave Smallen Tel.: (202) 366-5568 david.smallen@dot.gov BTS Stats BTS airport rankings on flight delays and other summary tables can be found at http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/airline_ontime_tables/ The Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation can be found HERE. The Department of Transportation press release can be found HERE. Tarmac times can be found HERE. The tables posted on the BTS website are:
Table 1: On-time arrival performance during the first three months of 2012 (83.96) was the highest for the January-March period in the 18 years with comparable numbers. The cancellation rate for the three-month period (1.17) was the lowest in the 18 years with comparable numbers. Note that the number of reporting carriers has varied.
Table 2: March, with 82.19 percent of flights arriving on time, was the 42nd highest month of the 207 months with comparable records. On-time performance in March 2012 was the second highest for any March and above the average of 77.50 for March in the previous 17 years. The cancellation rate of 1.04 percent in March 2012 was the lowest for any March and the 31st lowest for any month.
Table 3: Phoenix (89.29) had the highest and Newark (66.55) had the lowest on-time arrival performance of the 29 busiest airports in March.
Table 4: Salt Lake City (88.65) had the highest; Newark (73.36) and San Francisco (73.37) had the lowest on-time arrival performance of the 29 busiest airports for the three-month January-March period.
Table 5: Salt Lake City (89.40) had the highest and San Francisco (69.75) had the lowest on-time departure performance of the 29 busiest airports in March.
Table 6: Salt Lake City (89.53) had the highest; Newark (76.29) and San Francisco (76.34) had the lowest on-time departure performance of the 29 busiest airports for the three-month January-March period.
Tarmac Times: There were three domestic tarmac times of more than three hours in March, all taxi-ins at St. Louis on March 17. There were no international flights with tarmac times of more than four hours in March, the time period when airlines may be subject to enforcement. There were six international flights with tarmac time of more than three hours.
Most Delayed:
There were no chronically delayed flights for three-months or two months
In March, the most delayed flight was: SkyWest Flight 6378 from Sacramento to San Francisco. It operated 31 flights during the month and was 30 minutes late or canceled 77.4 percent of the time, averaging 89 minutes late.
For the tables, see This. For other airports and more detailed information, see This. For causes of delay, see This. For tarmac times, see
Tarmac Times,here. For chronically-delayed flights, see
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