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

Newark Liberty International (EWR) 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 128 -- 26.3 -- 62.3
2001 123 -4.0 20.9 -5.4 58.9
2002 110 -10.6 17.5 -3.4 53.9
2003 159 44.3 24.6 7.1 57.2
2004 171 7.6 26.6 2.0 62.6
2005 172 0.7 33.4 6.8 64.5
2006 180 4.6 35.0 1.6 67.5
2007 176 -2.2 37.2 2.2 72.3
2008 163 -7.4 35.0 -2.2 72.6
2009 145 -10.8 31.7 -3.3 73.0

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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