Each covered carrier shall file BTS Form 244 “Tarmac Delay Report” with the Office of Airline Information of the Department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics setting forth the information for each of its covered flights that experienced a tarmac delay of more than 3 hours, including diverted flights and cancelled flights on which the passengers were boarded and then deplaned before the cancellation. The reports are due within 15 days after the end of any month during which the carrier experienced any reportable tarmac delay of more than 3 hours at a U.S. airport. The reports shall be made in the form and manner set forth in accounting and reporting directives issued by the Director, Office of Airline Information, and shall contain the following information:
Carrier code
Flight number
Departure airport (three letter code)
Arrival airport (three letter code)
Date of flight operation (year/month/day)
Gate departure time (actual) in local time
Gate arrival time (actual) in local time
Wheels-off time (actual) in local time
Wheels-on time (actual) in local time
Aircraft tail number
Total ground time away from gate for all gate return/fly return at origin airports including cancelled flights
Longest time away from gate for gate return or canceled flight
Three letter code of airport where flight diverted
Wheels-on time at diverted airport
Total time away from gate at diverted airport
Longest time away from gate at diverted airport
Wheels-off time at diverted airport
The same information required by paragraph (a)(13) through (17) of this section must be provided for each subsequent diverted airport landing.
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