"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-time Departure Performance 2002-2003",,,,,
(Percent On-time),,,,,
Rank,2002,%,Rank,2003,%
1,"Washington, DC (DCA)",90.15,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.46
2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.46,2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",89.63
3,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",88.25,3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",89.62
4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.23,4,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",89.27
5,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",87.75,5,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",88.91
6,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",87.64,6,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",88.65
7,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",87.49,7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.34
8,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",87.39,8,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",88.24
9,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",87.26,9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",88.07
10,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",86.93,10,"Washington, DC (DCA)",87.81
11,"New York, NY (LGA)",86.81,11,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",87.48
12,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",86.07,12,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",87.32
13,"Portland, OR (PDX)",86.06,13,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",86.28
14,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",85.90,14,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",86.18
15,"Miami, FL (MIA)",85.69,15,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",85.76
16,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",85.64,16,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",85.56
17,"Boston, MA (BOS)",85.53,17,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",84.98
18,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",85.28,18,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",84.92
19,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",85.16,19,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.35
20,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",85.11,20,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",84.25
21,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.07,21,"New York, NY (LGA)",84.24
22,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.69,22,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",84.22
23,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",83.60,23,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.48
24,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",83.30,24,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",83.35
25,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",82.82,25,"Boston, MA (BOS)",83.30
26,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",82.33,26,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.23
27,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",82.27,27,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",82.93
28,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",81.91,28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",81.46
29,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",80.40,29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",81.29
30,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.15,30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",79.26
31,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",75.43,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",79.20
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-time Data",,,,,