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Sitting on the Runway: Current Aircraft Taxi Times Now Exceed Pre-9/11 Experience
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2008-05-01
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Abstract:Several high profile incidents have focused attention on "tarmac delays" that resulted in air travelers spending long periods of time aboard aircraft waiting to either take off or move to a gate after landing. Taxi-time data collected by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) for the year 2007 shows: • Both outbound and inbound taxi times increased noticeably in 2007 and surpassed the previous peak reached in 2000; • 93 percent of flights left the ground within 30 minutes of gate departure, compared to 96 percent in 1995; • Extended taxi times in excess of 2 hours, which occur infrequently, increased in recent years but have not reached the levels experienced in the 1999 to 2000 period; • The longest taxi-out times occurred during the summer; and, • Although flight volumes impact taxiing times, other factors also come into play.
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