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

Chicago Midway (MDW) 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 52 -- 22.2 -- 49.2
2001 50 -5.0 15.3 -6.9 47.0
2002 52 5.1 16.0 0.7 43.0
2003 86 64.1 15.5 -0.5 48.5
2004 92 7.1 19.8 4.2 49.4
2005 93 1.5 16.7 -3.1 50.8
2006 101 7.8 21.0 4.3 52.6
2007 100 -0.2 20.6 -0.4 53.6
2008 87 -12.9 18.3 -2.3 54.7
2009 84 -3.4 15.9 -2.4 49.2

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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