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

Salt Lake City International (SLC) 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 78 -- 17.5 -- 52.0
2001 74 -5.3 14.8 -2.7 50.6
2002 68 -7.3 11.8 -3.0 46.7
2003 129 88.4 10.0 -1.8 47.5
2004 139 7.6 13.4 3.3 46.3
2005 151 8.9 13.7 0.3 42.6
2006 180 18.9 14.1 0.4 44.4
2007 152 -15.1 15.9 1.9 47.8
2008 144 -5.6 13.5 -2.4 51.5
2009 136 -5.6 12.1 -1.4 47.4

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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