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) 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 134 -- 34.7 -- 60.8
2001 121 -9.2 24.3 -10.5 55.3
2002 103 -15.1 20.6 -3.7 48.0
2003 127 22.9 18.0 -2.6 49.4
2004 137 7.8 21.4 3.4 51.1
2005 137 0.4 23.3 1.9 55.8
2006 141 3.0 27.7 4.4 54.2
2007 144 2.1 28.3 0.6 56.8
2008 147 2.3 29.2 0.9 62.5
2009 146 -0.9 25.1 -4.1 61.6

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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