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Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance 2002-2003

(Percent On-Time)

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data