Tarmac Delay Reporting 14 CFR Part 244

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Tarmac Delay Reporting14 CFR Part 244
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Covered Entities

• U.S. and foreign air carriers operating passenger
  flights in, to, or from the U.S. with at least
  one aircraft with an original passenger capacity
  of 30 or more seats.
• Does not cover foreign charter operators who
  operate flights from a foreign point to the U.S.
  and return to a foreign location and do not pick
  up any U.S.-originating passengers.
• Does not cover all-cargo flights.

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Tarmac Delay Reporting

• Reportable tarmac delays
• Tarmac delays of 3 hours or more at a U.S.
  airport on a scheduled or public charter flight,
  including a diverted or subsequently cancelled
  flight.

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Reporting by Part 234 Carriers

• Part 234 Reporting Carriers
• ( Currently 15 1)

Form 234 (On-time-performance Report) For all
domestic scheduled flights to or from a large hub
airport (Mandatory)
Form 244 (Tarmac Delay Report) for public
charter and intl flights that experienced 3
hours tarmac delay at a U.S. airport (Mandatory)
Form 234 (On-time-performance Report) For all
domestic scheduled flights to or from other U.S.
airports (Voluntary)
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Reporting by non-Part 234 Carriers
U.S. carriers not covered under Part 234 and
foreign carriers
Form 244 (Tarmac Delay Report) For all flights
that experienced 3 hours tarmac delay at a U.S.
airport
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Tarmac Delay ReportingThe Sources of BTS Tarmac
Delay Data
Form 234 large U.S. carriers scheduled
domestic flights

• Form 244
• large U.S. carriers public charter and intl
  flights
• small U.S. carriers all flights
• all covered foreign carriers flights to and
  from the U.S.

BTS 3-hour Tarmac Delay Data
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Tarmac Delay Reporting

• Filing Requirements
• Monthly report is required for any month during
  which a reportable tarmac delay has occurred
• Report is due on or before the 15th day of each
  month following the month during which any
  reportable tarmac delay occurred
• No negative report is required.

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Tarmac Delay Reporting

• The reporting duty under 14 CFR Part 244 is
  separate and distinct from
• The record retention requirement under 14 CFR
  259.4(e), which requires covered carriers to
  retain certain information on tarmac delays of
  three hours or more for two years.

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Initial eSubmit User Registration

• To register with DOT, log into the eSubmit web
  application http//esubmit.rita.dot.gov
• If the Air Carriers representative is already a
  registered eSubmit user, then they will need to
  log into the eSubmit web application to select
  and add the new Part 244 Tarmac Delay Data to
  their list of reports they submit.
• For new users, once logged in, the system will
  allow you to create a new user account.

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Initial eSubmit User Registration

• Account must be established by August 26, 2011
• For assistance setting up your carriers user
  account for reporting Part 244 data, please
  contact Marianne Seguin at
• marianne.seguin_at_dot.gov

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Initial eSubmit User Registration

• As of August 1, 2011, carriers will be able to
  register with DOT, to report PART 244 Tarmac
  Delay Data.
• As of October 3, 2011, carriers will be able to
  access the eSubmit web application to report
  tarmac delays.

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Reminder E-mails sent by BTS

• Monthly, OAI will be sending all Part 244
  reporting carriers this reminder
• Part 244 Reporting of Tarmac Delay Data
  Reminder Notice
• This is a reminder notice for all Part 244
  reporting carriers. Please submit a Form 244
  along with your transmittal letter if you had an
  occurrence of a 3 hour or more tarmac time. This
  is in accordance with the reporting requirements
  in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  Accounting and Reporting Directive No. 303,
  effective August 23, 2011. If you do not have a
  3 hour or more tarmac time for the current
  monthly reporting period, you do not need to
  submit Form 244.

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Record Format

• Reports must be created as an electronic "comma
  separated values" file, using ASCII text
  character encoding.
• The file name is flexible and may be determined
  by the individual air carrier, but the comma
  separated values (csv) file format is required.
• You must use CSV or csv as the file name
  extension.

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Data Elements

• Carrier Code
• Flight Number
• Departure Airport Code
• Arrival Airport Code
• Date of Operation
• Gate Departure Time
• Wheels-Off Time
• Wheels-On Time
• Gate Arrival Time
• Aircraft Tail Number
• Total Ground Time Away From Gate for Gate
  Returns/Fly Returns including Canceled Flights

• Longest Time Away from Gate for Gate Returns or
  Canceled Flights
• Diverted Flight Airport
• 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
• Diverted Flight Airport Landing

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Data Elements (continued)

• 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

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Question

• Since the Part 244 rules do not apply at foreign
  airports, is a carrier required to report Gate
  Departure Time, Wheels-Off Time, Wheels-On Time,
  and Gate Arrival Time at foreign airports?
• Answer, No, the carrier can either report nil
  fields, zero, or the actual times at foreign
  airports.
• Nil ,,,
• Zero ,0,0,
• Actual 1002, 1011,