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

Philadelphia International (PHL) 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 123 -- 25.7 -- 54.6
2001 117 -4.4 20.3 -5.4 52.5
2002 110 -6.3 16.9 -3.4 51.0
2003 108 -1.4 20.7 3.7 50.2
2004 127 17.0 25.9 5.3 55.2
2005 134 5.7 27.8 1.9 55.6
2006 115 -14.2 27.5 -0.3 56.0
2007 108 -6.0 30.0 2.5 60.4
2008 107 -1.4 22.2 -7.8 64.2
2009 102 -4.5 20.2 -2.1 62.1

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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