Aircraft Turnarounds run about 11 minutes longer than planned, study shows
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A study of more than 2 million turnarounds across North America and Europe found that average turnaround times were 11.1 minutes longer than scheduled during the first quarter of 2026.
Turnarounds monitored with AI at eight major airports were 7.3 minutes over schedule, compared with 11.4 minutes at 20 peer airports, a 36% smaller gap; the overruns consume roughly 6% of available stand capacity, and replacing the lost capacity at a large airport could require about $600 million in infrastructure, while eliminating the overruns could represent up to $44 billion in annual industry savings.