National Airspace System: Summary of Flight Delay Trends for 34 Airports in the Continental United States (GAO-10-543SP, May 26, 2010), an E-supplement to GAO-10-542

Atlanta Hartsfield International (ATL) Departure Data

Year Annual departures
(in thousands)
Percent change
in annual departures
Percent of annual
departures that
were delayed
Percentage point
change in annual
departures that
were delayed
Average delay per
delayed departure
(in minutes)
2000 266 -- 21.0 -- 50.6
2001 250 -5.7 19.4 -1.7 46.5
2002 237 -5.3 16.3 -3.1 45.4
2003 306 29.1 16.3 0.0 45.4
2004 346 13.1 22.8 6.5 50.5
2005 332 -4.1 23.8 1.0 55.8
2006 395 19.1 28.3 4.5 51.3
2007 443 11.9 27.8 -0.6 53.3
2008 442 -0.2 22.8 -4.9 54.5
2009 447 1.3 22.2 -0.6 53.8

Source: GAO analysis of FAA's ASPM data
Note: The percentage change in departures and the change in percentage points of departures that were delayed may not compute due to rounding.


Bar and line plot of Year


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