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

Miami International (MIA) 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 99 -- 21.7 -- 59.2
2001 88 -11.1 20.3 -1.3 55.7
2002 75 -14.3 15.2 -5.2 52.7
2003 84 11.8 17.5 2.3 55.3
2004 103 21.7 20.7 3.2 57.0
2005 102 -0.1 25.0 4.3 55.7
2006 105 2.3 22.8 -2.2 54.9
2007 105 -0.0 27.7 4.9 57.4
2008 104 -0.5 29.3 1.6 59.2
2009 107 3.0 28.1 -1.2 56.8

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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