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) 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 231 -- 29.5 -- 49.4
2001 217 -6.0 22.9 -6.7 45.7
2002 183 -15.5 15.4 -7.4 43.8
2003 228 24.3 12.9 -2.6 47.5
2004 237 4.1 17.3 4.5 46.8
2005 238 0.3 19.1 1.8 46.5
2006 242 1.9 22.5 3.4 47.6
2007 249 2.8 22.8 0.4 49.4
2008 229 -8.2 22.2 -0.7 51.7
2009 204 -11.0 16.7 -5.5 50.2

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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