"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-time Departure Performance in September 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-time),,,,,
Rank,September 2003,%,Rank,September 2004,%
1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",94.11,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",93.65
2,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",93.15,2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.98
3,"Portland, OR (PDX)",93.15,3,"Denver, CO (DEN)",90.50
4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",92.82,4,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",90.44
5,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",92.55,5,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",89.85
6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",92.44,6,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",89.80
7,"Houston, TX (IAH)",91.66,7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.94
8,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",90.64,8,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",88.81
9,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",90.49,9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",88.68
10,"New York, NY (JFK)",90.29,10,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",88.40
11,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",90.14,11,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",88.05
12,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",90.07,12,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",88.04
13,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",89.87,13,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",87.59
14,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",89.56,14,"Washington, DC (DCA)",87.42
15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",89.16,15,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",86.84
16,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",89.09,16,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",86.77
17,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",88.94,17,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",85.69
18,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",88.83,18,"Boston, MA (BOS)",85.65
19,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",88.46,19,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",85.64
20,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",88.34,20,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",85.48
21,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",87.70,21,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",84.66
22,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",87.55,22,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.56
23,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",87.36,23,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",83.30
24,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",86.93,24,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",82.99
25,"New York, NY (LGA)",86.62,25,"New York, NY (LGA)",82.36
26,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.47,26,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",78.77
27,"Boston, MA (BOS)",86.45,27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",78.19
28,"Miami, FL (MIA)",85.83,28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",74.72
29,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",84.60,29,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",71.33
30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",82.84,30,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",70.82
31,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",78.03,31,"Miami, FL (MIA)",70.40
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-time Data",,,,,