Average length of top flight delays by airline as reported in April 2009.
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| Airline |
Average Departure Delay at Gate (minutes) |
Average Scheduled Departure to Take-off (minutes) |
Average Arrival Delay (minutes) |
Total Number of Flights Cancelled |
Percent Flights Cancelled |
| Continental Airlines |
18.02 |
37.67 |
15.73 |
152 |
0.69 |
| Atlantic Southeast Airlines |
14.01 |
32.11 |
14.84 |
788 |
3.18 |
| ExpressJet Airlines |
13.94 |
31.61 |
14.08 |
702 |
2.85 |
| Comair |
10.97 |
34.59 |
12.93 |
392 |
2.86 |
| American Airlines |
13.02 |
29.45 |
10.09 |
717 |
1.57 |
| JetBlue Airways |
12.18 |
34.18 |
10.04 |
545 |
3.23 |
| Delta Airlines |
9.16 |
30.49 |
8.94 |
375 |
1.07 |
| American Eagle |
9.70 |
24.76 |
8.47 |
1164 |
3.26 |
| AirTran Airways |
9.26 |
24.52 |
7.99 |
154 |
0.75 |
| Frontier Airlines |
6.61 |
21.25 |
7.07 |
66 |
0.93 |
| Mesa Airlines |
7.03 |
23.19 |
5.91 |
396 |
1.94 |
| US Airways |
4.09 |
22.73 |
3.96 |
325 |
0.94 |
| Northwest Airlines |
4.10 |
22.33 |
3.27 |
114 |
0.46 |
| United Airlines |
8.82 |
25.60 |
3.27 |
579 |
1.84 |
| Southwest Airlines |
9.06 |
19.27 |
2.32 |
553 |
0.57 |
| Alaska Airlines |
2.49 |
17.75 |
1.36 |
45 |
0.75 |
| SkyWest Airlines |
3.05 |
17.57 |
1.20 |
582 |
1.31 |
| Hawaiian Airlines |
-1.89 |
7.59 |
0.02 |
26 |
0.44 |
| Pinnacle Airlines |
2.34 |
19.33 |
-1.10 |
299 |
1.36 |
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