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

Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 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 330 -- 22.2 -- 53.5
2001 312 -5.5 18.7 -3.5 50.7
2002 290 -7.2 13.8 -4.9 51.2
2003 303 4.5 14.5 0.8 48.1
2004 307 1.6 18.9 4.4 52.6
2005 321 4.4 20.1 1.2 49.8
2006 314 -2.0 23.2 3.1 50.6
2007 308 -2.1 27.6 4.4 56.9
2008 296 -3.9 24.9 -2.7 50.9
2009 292 -1.3 24.5 -0.4 52.7

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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