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

Denver International (DEN) 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 137 -- 27.5 -- 57.2
2001 131 -4.6 20.4 -7.1 56.4
2002 123 -6.2 11.8 -8.6 52.4
2003 142 15.9 11.1 -0.7 51.0
2004 157 10.7 14.7 3.7 51.3
2005 184 17.2 18.2 3.5 51.3
2006 238 29.0 20.8 2.6 52.0
2007 246 3.4 22.7 1.9 53.2
2008 248 0.8 20.7 -2.0 52.0
2009 243 -2.1 20.2 -0.5 51.2

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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