Taxi Time

Termology - What is the precise meaning of taxi time?

The time from the beginning of the movement of an aeroplane under powered conditions to the end of the movement at the end of a flight, less the flying time. Supplement #1 Block Time, an U.S. trade phrase, relates to the time the airplane leaves the block that initiates a journey until it reverts to the block at the end of the journey.

You can dichotomize the blocking time into flying time and taxi time. Rigorous definition of flying time varies, but the general definition of the sector is from the start of the take-off phase, through stop of the plane after touchdown, to take-off of the plane from the airstrip, whichever occurs first.

The taxi time is the time the plane moves before and after the plane or keeps on the ground of the area. Although the above sector definition is a commonly used definition, there are significant differences as there is no agreed set of terms between the various sectors of the aerospace sector and the regulated world.

In the USA, for example, 14 CFR 1.1 provides a defined "flight time" which is similar to the "block time" in the sector. In Europe, however, JAR 1.1 specifies "flight time" as flying time. However, even this notion differs from the usual sector practices of the time from the introduction of the take-off roller to the stop of the aeroplane or the sweeping of the take-off and landing area.

US blocks time (aka 14 CFR 1.1 "flight time") is normally recorded for piloting reasons and contains the taxi time associated with the airplane's motion to/from the airstrip and dock. As the OR required a taxi time to be defined, I replied to this with the general, albeit not 100%, standard de facto conditions for the sector.

What's the time to get off the airplane?

I' m perhaps the only guy who notes down Freakishly flying fixtures down touches and gates to find out how long it will take to get out of the airplane. But I never thought I could find out how much time passed between a classic hitdown, a taxi to the gates and arriving at the gates.

Actually, I have never doubted what is meant by "arrival time". "What exactly does the ETA mean? Meaning the second that the airplane lands on the apron? By the time the airplane gets to the Stargate? It is the time when most airline companies close the brake at the gates.

FlightAware, which keeps track of these stats, uses "wheels up" (departure) and "wheels down" (arrival) as a guide. Much sooner than anticipated, a double-edged blade can reach the airport, because that doesn't mean that you can take an additional five-minute lead into the terminals. Most of the time, flight attendants are expecting the aircraft to reach the planned time, regardless of what actually happens - and not be prepared for the aircraft if it arrives 40 min before.

Ultimately, the goal is not available because it is not prepared, or even worst, there is another airplane at the goal. Sometimes you'll end up waitin', no sooner the airplane gets there. Taking note during the 2013-2014 holidays, I wanted to see if I could draw a more closed conclusions and started with a December 11 flights.

The time of JFK departure from LAX was set at 20:00 for this particular UA 785. At 19:25, we landed on the landing, and although it was 35 min ahead of the time, we reached an allocated goal at 19:37. Altogether, the entire taxation period lasted only about 12 mins.

During the UA 1695 mission on January 7th, I resolved to do a little more of my own timing. Although the aircraft was initially planned for 11:21, the more than 20 minute earlier landing was at 10:59. On the other hand, we did spend some time (28 minutes) on the runway and waited for a gates allocation, and we didn't enter our gates until 11:27.

It is in sharp contradiction to the first plane we took, but shows the downside of early arrives, which are not always as big as you think. Figured to track the dates with information from another UA 512 on January 19, just to see what would happened another time.

Arriving at 20:35, the aircraft actually landed on the floor at 20:28. A little bit strange, it still took about seven seconds until we reached our goal at 20:35 o'clock. It was a more or less just-in-time ride. The actual situation will always be slightly different, but the information will give us an idea of how long it will take an aircraft to roll on the floor.

Averaging about 5-10 min for a single trip, I would appreciate to be able to reach it on arrival when the controller is prepared. You should do this in combination with the fact that it would probably take the same time to take off, and you can readily anticipate that about 15-20 min after the arrival of a scheduled aircraft you will "get off the plane".

" You can make it a whole hell of a lot simpler for the people who pick you up at what time they get to the kerb, based on whether you take your hold baggage with you and the size of the airports. I would tell someone without check-in baggage to show up at LAX about 25-30 min after my ETA; back in Hong Kong (HKIA) with smartcard migration, I could make it out of the airplane in 15 min shallow to the kerbs.

Besides, I have a tendency to run like hell after getting off a planes, so it really just really hinges on how fast you want to get out of there.