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Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in August 2004

(Percent On-Time)

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

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