he Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released August airline on-time and tarmac numbers. Here is a summary of tables posted on the BTS website Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Contact: Dave Smallen Tel.: (202) 366-5568 [email protected] See data on the web: BTS airport rankings and other summary tables DOT Air Travel Consumer Report Department of Transportation press release. Also here. Tarmac times The tables posted on the BTS website are: Table 1: On-time arrival performance during the first eight months of 2013 (77.52) was the eighth highest for the January-August period in the 19 years with comparable numbers. The cancellation rate for the eight-month period (1.59) was the fifth lowest in the 19 years with comparable numbers. Note that the number of reporting carriers has varied. Table 2: August, with 78.77 percent of flights arriving on time, was the 97th highest month of the 224 months with comparable records. On-time performance in August 2013 (78.77) was the eighth highest for any August and above the average of 77.40 for August in the previous 18 years. The cancellation rate of 0.98 percent in August 2013 was the lowest for any August, below the August average of 1.85 percent in the previous 18 years and the 24th lowest of the 224 months with comparable records. Table 3: Salt Lake City (87.36) had the highest and San Francisco (62.61) had the lowest on-time arrival performance of the 29 busiest airports in August. Table 4: Salt Lake City (85.16) had the highest and Newark (67.43) had the lowest on-time arrival performance of the 29 busiest airports for the eight-month January-August period. Table 5: Salt Lake City (87.59) had the highest and Chicago Midway (61.98) had the lowest on-time departure performance of the 29 busiest airports in August. Table 6: Portland (86.79) had the highest and Chicago Midway (67.73) had the lowest on-time departure performance of the 29 busiest airports for the eight-month January-August period. Tarmac Times: There were two domestic flights with tarmac time of more than three hours in August, both on Aug. 3 during diversions to Colorado Springs of flights to Denver. The longest was SkyWest flight 5594 from Kalispell, MT, which was on the Colorado Springs runway for 221 minutes before resuming normal operation to Denver. There were no international flights in August with tarmac time of more than four hours, the time period when airlines may be subject to enforcement. Chronically Delayed: 4 consecutive months: None 3 consecutive months: Three ExpressJet flights, three SkyWest flights, two Mesa flights, one American Eagle flight, one JetBlue flight and one Southwest flight were more than 30 minutes late or canceled more than 50 percent of the time in June, July and August. 2 consecutive months: In addition to the flights delayed for three months, 66 SkyWest flights, six ExpressJet flights, five JetBlue flights, five United flights, five Virgin America flights, three Southwest flights, two Alaska flights, two Frontier flights, two Mesa flights, one American flight, one AirTran flight and one Endeavor flight were more than 30 minutes late or canceled more than 50 percent of the time in both July and August. 1-month: In August, 265 flights were more than 30 minutes late or canceled more than 50 percent of the time, including flights chronically delayed for consecutive months. The most delayed flight was United flight 644 from John Wayne Orange County to San Francisco which was 30 minutes late or canceled 90.00 percent of the time. The flight operated 10 times during the month, averaging 103 minutes late. Links: Tables 1-6 Other airports and more detailed information Causes of delay Tarmac times Chronically-delayed flights
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