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

Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP) 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 151 -- 18.6 -- 53.0
2001 145 -3.5 16.3 -2.3 51.0
2002 147 0.9 14.2 -2.1 49.6
2003 153 3.9 12.3 -1.9 45.6
2004 153 0.0 14.8 2.5 48.3
2005 142 -7.1 20.2 5.4 50.7
2006 139 -2.1 18.2 -2.0 48.9
2007 161 15.9 21.1 2.9 52.5
2008 137 -14.6 17.3 -3.8 51.5
2009 127 -7.2 16.3 -1.0 51.3

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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