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

Las Vegas McCarran International (LAS) 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 109 -- 27.4 -- 45.2
2001 106 -2.7 19.9 -7.5 43.0
2002 104 -1.3 18.1 -1.8 39.9
2003 116 10.8 14.2 -3.9 46.3
2004 125 8.1 21.5 7.3 47.5
2005 134 6.8 24.5 3.0 46.2
2006 150 12.1 25.2 0.8 46.2
2007 153 2.4 22.9 -2.4 47.6
2008 155 1.2 21.5 -1.4 52.5
2009 155 0.1 18.5 -2.9 46.9

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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