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

San Francisco International (SFO) 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 130 -- 26.4 -- 59.9
2001 118 -9.5 18.1 -8.3 53.3
2002 100 -14.9 12.0 -6.1 49.8
2003 124 23.9 10.7 -1.4 49.9
2004 134 8.2 14.3 3.6 50.0
2005 136 1.1 17.7 3.4 54.7
2006 139 2.4 23.2 5.5 54.0
2007 144 3.7 23.4 0.2 56.9
2008 147 2.3 23.7 0.4 62.8
2009 146 -1.1 20.5 -3.2 60.3

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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