Virgin gets you there faster more often than the other guys. (Photo: AP)

Those statistical scoundrels over at FiveThirtyEight have turned their gaze to airlines and uncovered some very interesting findings.

Using data from the federal Bureau of Transportation they have figured out which airlines are “fast” and which are “slow.”

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The measurement “analyzed 6 million flights to figure out which airports, airlines and routes are most likely to get you there on time and which ones will leave you waiting.”

In short, it’s amazing.

Take a minute (or an hour) to hover over their interactive map. Definitely hover over Dallas to take a look at a sea of red (slow) flights.

Check out whether your holiday travel will be fast or slow. (Photo: 538)

They discovered that Virgin Airlines saves passengers more time than any other airlines and crowned them with the honorary title of “the Michael Jordan of airlines.” Virgin is typically able to cut its gate to gate time down by an average of seven minutes. Alaska and Delta came in second.

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Spirit, the universally despised budget carrier, was the slowest of all the airlines. They nine extra minutes to the average flight.

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