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) Arrival Data

Year Annual arrivals
(in thousands)		 Percent change
in annual arrivals		 Percent of annual
arrivals that were
delayed		 Percentage point
change in annual
arrivals that were
delayed		 Average delay per
delayed arrival
(in minutes)
2000 267 -- 22.4 -- 50.7
2001 251 -6.2 19.3 -3.1 49.4
2002 238 -5.2 21.3 2.0 46.4
2003 308 29.4 19.3 -2.0 48.6
2004 343 11.4 25.4 6.1 52.6
2005 328 -4.2 25.0 -0.4 60.5
2006 391 19.2 27.2 2.1 56.0
2007 438 11.9 24.7 -2.5 57.7
2008 438 0.1 24.0 -0.6 58.9
2009 444 1.3 26.6 2.5 57.0

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

Bar and line plot of Year

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