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

George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) 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 141 -- 18.9 -- 51.2
2001 137 -2.7 16.9 -2.1 50.0
2002 129 -6.1 15.0 -1.9 46.4
2003 201 55.8 14.8 -0.2 46.0
2004 227 13.1 18.0 3.2 50.7
2005 241 6.0 16.9 -1.1 50.2
2006 257 6.8 21.2 4.3 55.7
2007 235 -8.8 20.9 -0.4 58.5
2008 220 -6.3 21.2 0.3 59.8
2009 219 -0.3 18.0 -3.2 54.4

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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