"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through August 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - August 31, 2003",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - August 31, 2004",%
1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.92,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",86.73
2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.32,2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.28
3,"Portland, OR (PDX)",90.25,3,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.25
4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",90.14,4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",86.12
5,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",90.03,5,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.40
6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",88.92,6,"Portland, OR (PDX)",85.39
7,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",88.27,7,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",84.84
8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.12,8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",84.76
9,"Washington, DC (DCA)",87.45,9,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",84.03
10,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",87.31,10,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",83.83
11,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",87.09,11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",83.48
12,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",86.56,12,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",83.13
13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",86.43,13,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.05
14,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",85.33,14,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",82.15
15,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",85.17,15,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",82.08
16,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",84.92,16,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",81.96
17,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",84.62,17,"Boston, MA (BOS)",81.69
18,"New York, NY (LGA)",84.50,18,"New York, NY (LGA)",81.42
19,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.18,19,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",81.11
20,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",84.00,20,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.61
21,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.97,21,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",80.44
22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",83.17,22,"New York, NY (JFK)",79.81
23,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",83.13,23,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",79.78
24,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",82.87,24,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.77
25,"New York, NY (JFK)",82.24,25,"Miami, FL (MIA)",79.76
26,"Miami, FL (MIA)",82.19,26,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.20
27,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",81.71,27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.38
28,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",80.81,28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.33
29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",80.21,29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",76.33
30,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",79.90,30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",75.05
31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",78.39,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",69.83
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,