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) 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 134 -- 29.6 -- 52.7
2001 128 -4.3 19.0 -10.5 50.7
2002 119 -6.9 13.2 -5.8 45.5
2003 139 16.5 12.4 -0.8 46.6
2004 153 10.3 16.1 3.7 48.7
2005 181 17.9 16.9 0.8 51.2
2006 235 29.7 19.9 3.0 51.8
2007 246 4.6 23.1 3.2 53.2
2008 248 0.9 21.0 -2.1 51.7
2009 243 -2.2 18.3 -2.6 50.9

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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