"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in August 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,August 2003,%,Rank,August 2004,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.41,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.63
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.02,2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",88.90
3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",89.40,3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",85.37
4,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",88.99,4,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",85.26
5,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.62,5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",84.73
6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",88.47,6,"Washington, DC (DCA)",84.23
7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.01,7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",84.19
8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",86.20,8,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.57
9,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",85.82,9,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.99
10,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",84.43,10,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.63
11,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",84.29,11,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",82.24
12,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",83.79,12,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",81.46
13,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",83.73,13,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",81.14
14,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.45,14,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",80.74
15,"Washington, DC (DCA)",82.85,15,"New York, NY (LGA)",80.53
16,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.60,16,"Boston, MA (BOS)",80.34
17,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",81.20,17,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",79.95
18,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",80.69,18,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.38
19,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",80.12,19,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",79.25
20,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",79.65,20,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",78.83
21,"Boston, MA (BOS)",79.12,21,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",78.72
22,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",78.85,22,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",78.55
23,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",78.65,23,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",77.18
24,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",78.46,24,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",76.86
25,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",77.75,25,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",76.26
26,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",76.82,26,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",75.97
27,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",76.66,27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",74.70
28,"New York, NY (LGA)",75.65,28,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",74.41
29,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.97,29,"New York, NY (JFK)",73.80
30,"New York, NY (JFK)",72.29,30,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.13
31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",70.79,31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",71.09
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,