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 O'Hare International (ORD) 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 342 -- 31.3 -- 57.4
2001 338 -1.2 22.1 -9.1 54.6
2002 337 -0.2 15.9 -6.2 51.9
2003 329 -2.4 17.7 1.8 53.0
2004 365 10.9 24.4 6.7 57.7
2005 358 -1.8 25.8 1.4 55.7
2006 388 8.4 29.2 3.4 62.3
2007 386 -0.6 31.0 1.9 61.8
2008 361 -6.3 29.1 -1.9 62.9
2009 333 -7.7 20.6 -8.5 57.2

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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