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) Arrival Data

Year Annual arrivals
(in thousands)
Percent change
in annual arrivals
Percent of annual
arrivals that were
delayed
Percentage point
change in annual
arrivals that were
delayed
Average delay per
delayed arrival
(in minutes)
2000 124 -- 29.8 -- 52.5
2001 118 -4.8 23.9 -5.9 49.7
2002 110 -6.7 19.2 -4.7 48.7
2003 109 -1.3 21.1 1.9 48.3
2004 126 15.9 24.5 3.4 56.3
2005 133 5.2 26.2 1.7 58.9
2006 114 -14.0 28.3 2.1 57.1
2007 108 -5.4 32.0 3.7 60.5
2008 107 -1.3 25.9 -6.2 62.5
2009 102 -4.7 24.4 -1.5 58.7

Source: GAO analysis of FAA's ASPM data
Note: The percent change in arrivals and the change in percentage points of arrivals that were delayed may not compute due to rounding


Bar and line plot of Year


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