HOW LONG THEY WAIT

Across the U.S., the airport rush hour is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Here--as compiled from figures supplied by the FAA, the airlines and air-traffic controllers--are the average number of daily takeoffs and landings at the 20 busiest U.S. commercial airports, and the average rush-hour time a plane wastes circling the field or waiting to take off.

Airport

Daily Minutes Minutes Flights Delay In Delay Out

Chicago's O'Hare . . . .1,800. . . .10 16

New York's Kennedy. .1,537 20 40

Miami 1,209 7 12

Los Angeles 1,199. . . .15 25

Denver 1,195 15 18

Dallas 945. ... 9 11

St. Louis 937 4 5

Atlanta 905. .. .12 15

Washington's National . 872. . . .16 14

New York's LaGuardia . 866.. . .15 35

San Francisco 819. . . .11 15

Honolulu 799... . 5 4

Cleveland 797 5 6

Detroit 766. ... 6 12

Minneapolis 753. ... 5 10

Houston 737 5 11

Memphis 731. ... 8 11

Baltimore's Friendship . 727. ... 5 8

Newark 700... .16 35

Philadelphia 673... .10 15

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