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

Portland International (PDX) 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 54 -- 19.6 -- 50.7
2001 52 -3.9 15.9 -3.7 46.8
2002 48 -7.0 13.6 -2.4 43.2
2003 53 9.8 9.9 -3.7 49.2
2004 53 -0.8 13.8 3.9 50.0
2005 53 0.7 16.7 2.9 48.8
2006 55 4.4 15.0 -1.7 50.0
2007 56 1.3 15.9 0.9 52.3
2008 56 0.7 15.3 -0.6 53.6
2009 53 -6.1 11.8 -3.5 50.5

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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