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

Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 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 108 -- 26.5 -- 46.8
2001 104 -3.3 19.4 -7.1 43.3
2002 100 -4.4 18.2 -1.2 39.5
2003 101 1.0 15.5 -2.7 42.4
2004 103 2.3 21.9 6.4 42.4
2005 118 14.9 22.1 0.2 40.6
2006 153 29.5 21.2 -0.8 45.6
2007 151 -1.4 20.9 -0.3 48.7
2008 163 8.0 18.5 -2.5 48.4
2009 192 17.6 16.6 -1.8 46.4

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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