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

Los Angeles International (LAX) 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 228 -- 25.0 -- 49.3
2001 215 -5.4 18.5 -6.5 45.8
2002 182 -15.4 13.2 -5.3 43.6
2003 226 24.2 10.0 -3.2 46.9
2004 238 5.0 14.7 4.6 46.2
2005 238 0.1 16.7 2.0 45.8
2006 243 2.1 19.2 2.5 47.9
2007 249 2.6 19.6 0.3 49.2
2008 229 -8.2 18.5 -1.1 52.8
2009 203 -11.1 14.8 -3.6 51.5

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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