"Table 2 Ranking of Airline On-Time Performance by Month Since 1995",,,,,,,, "Ranking by Best On-Time Arrival Percent ",,,,,,,, Rank,Year,Month,Percent On-Time Arrivals,Percent Late Arrivals,Percent Cancelled,Percent Diverted,Percent On-Time Departures,Number of Scheduled Flights 1,2002,9,87.95,11.07,0.86,0.12,89.99,"429,996" 2,2003,4,86.84,11.83,1.2,0.13,89.17,"527,303" 3,2003,10,86.39,12.56,0.92,0.13,89.41,"552,370" 4,2003,9,85.63,12.77,1.46,0.15,88.9,"527,714" 5,1995,9,85.58,13.15,1.16,0.11,89.04,"429,774" 6,2002,11,85.21,13.8,0.89,0.11,88.42,"415,024" 7,1997,9,85.03,13.37,1.43,0.17,88.68,"444,431" 8,2003,5,84.93,14.11,0.81,0.15,88.37,"533,782" 9,2001,10,84.78,13.51,1.54,0.17,85.16,"443,796" 10,2001,11,84.71,14.06,1.08,0.16,86.54,"417,386" 11,2002,2,84.69,14.12,1.08,0.1,87.47,"399,535" 12,2002,10,84.18,14.7,1.02,0.11,87.57,"446,590" 13,2004,9,83.91,12.84,3.07,0.18,85.84,"585,125" 14,2003,1,83.32,15.01,1.51,0.16,86.46,"552,109" 15,1998,11,83.29,15.09,1.47,0.15,86.38,"436,528" 16,1997,5,83.16,15.54,1.13,0.17,86.96,"457,361" 17,2004,4,83.04,16.08,0.77,0.11,86.13,"582,970" 18,2002,5,82.76,16.13,0.99,0.13,86.17,"450,046" 19,2002,8,82.62,16.05,1.14,0.18,85,"466,764" 20,2002,4,82.58,16.23,1.03,0.16,86.07,"438,141" 21,2003,3,82.57,15.54,1.71,0.18,85.99,"559,342" 22,2003,6,82.36,16.66,0.78,0.2,85.91,"536,496" 23,1995,10,82.09,16.66,1.09,0.15,85.94,"448,017" 24,1998,10,81.75,16.35,1.71,0.19,85.28,"457,954" 25,1997,10,81.55,16.68,1.64,0.13,85.76,"459,247" 26,2001,5,81.47,16.59,1.78,0.16,84.55,"529,940" 27,1999,11,81.41,16.74,1.68,0.16,84.16,"454,950" 28,1995,4,81.3,17.2,1.32,0.17,85.82,"441,074" 29,2004,3,81.29,17.3,1.26,0.15,84.72,"601,412" 30,2002,1,81.02,17.19,1.67,0.11,84.72,"436,336" 31,2004,10,81,17.76,1.1,0.14,84.4,"610,037" 32,1995,5,80.68,17.71,1.43,0.18,85.58,"448,341" 33,2001,12,80.22,18.63,1.01,0.14,82.3,"429,869" 34,2003,11,80.2,18.21,1.4,0.19,84.97,"528,171" 35,1996,4,80.18,18.38,1.27,0.17,84.48,"436,007" 36,1995,7,80.08,18.39,1.29,0.24,83.75,"449,856" 37,1999,10,80.06,17.77,2.04,0.13,83.54,"478,294" 38,1995,8,79.85,18.27,1.66,0.22,83.34,"457,423" 39,1997,4,79.85,18.38,1.58,0.19,84.01,"447,294" 40,2002,7,79.66,18.75,1.34,0.24,82.29,"465,573" 41,2003,7,79.66,18.72,1.4,0.22,83.46,"558,568" 42,1999,9,79.35,17.17,3.31,0.17,83.28,"460,251" 43,1995,3,79.3,18.95,1.59,0.16,83.49,"461,503" 44,2001,4,79.29,18.31,2.22,0.18,82.31,"514,187" 45,1998,4,79.12,19.09,1.57,0.22,83.4,"442,644" 46,2004,11,79.12,19.45,1.26,0.18,82.11,"584,610" 47,2003,8,79,19.09,1.64,0.27,83.2,"556,984" 48,1998,9,78.94,13.51,7.41,0.15,81.44,"443,901" 49,1996,5,78.92,19.29,1.57,0.22,83.49,"448,923" 50,1995,2,78.91,18.53,2.38,0.18,82.86,"418,312" 51,1999,2,78.91,17.43,3.48,0.19,82.14,"417,627" 52,1998,7,78.86,18.89,2.02,0.23,81.7,"462,429" 53,1996,9,78.69,19.34,1.76,0.21,84.03,"438,352" 54,2002,6,78.64,19.42,1.71,0.23,81.6,"448,333" 55,2002,3,78.59,19.9,1.35,0.17,82.11,"447,896" 56,1997,8,78.56,19.73,1.48,0.23,82.68,"466,608" 57,2002,12,78.34,19.71,1.72,0.22,81.08,"427,125" 58,2004,8,78.29,19.88,1.63,0.2,81.33,"623,107" 59,1997,11,78.22,20.02,1.55,0.2,83.38,"432,725" 60,2001,7,78.12,19.56,2.1,0.22,81.04,"538,440" 61,1997,3,78.1,19.88,1.81,0.21,82.16,"460,986" 62,2000,9,78.1,19.45,2.24,0.21,82.03,"463,097" 63,1999,3,78.09,19.03,2.66,0.22,81.37,"466,267" 64,1999,12,78,20.07,1.74,0.19,81.58,"469,944" 65,1996,11,77.91,19.65,2.19,0.24,82.56,"435,088" 66,1995,11,77.85,20.49,1.47,0.19,81.48,"427,091" 67,2004,5,77.62,20.36,1.75,0.28,81.74,"594,457" 68,1997,7,77.5,20.54,1.69,0.28,82.29,"466,771" 69,1998,5,77.48,20.21,2.09,0.21,81.73,"449,293" 70,2004,2,77.48,20.68,1.71,0.13,82,"553,876" 71,1996,10,77.19,20.82,1.74,0.25,82.76,"456,577" 72,1998,8,77.03,19.56,3.16,0.25,80.62,"465,910" 73,2000,3,76.99,20.68,2.12,0.21,80.73,"482,944" 74,2003,2,76.54,19.21,4,0.25,80.79,"500,205" 75,1999,5,76.19,21,2.57,0.25,81.16,"462,054" 76,2001,8,76.18,21.08,2.45,0.29,79.86,"544,351" 77,1997,6,76.14,22.04,1.51,0.32,81.41,"450,737" 78,1999,8,76.11,21.21,2.44,0.23,80.23,"479,549" 79,2000,10,76.07,21.6,2.13,0.19,80.17,"485,761" 80,2003,12,76.04,21.72,2.09,0.15,80.33,"555,495" 81,2004,7,75.95,22.14,1.65,0.26,79.07,"614,166" 82,1995,6,75.94,22.53,1.32,0.21,81.7,"439,423" 83,1996,3,75.94,21.87,1.98,0.21,79.84,"449,569" 84,1998,3,75.85,21.76,2.14,0.25,80.26,"459,703" 85,1999,4,75.73,22.05,1.98,0.24,81.05,"450,620" 86,2001,1,75.42,20.64,3.75,0.18,78.72,"529,940" 87,1998,2,75.39,21.82,2.54,0.25,80.91,"412,832" 88,2000,4,75.37,21.9,2.51,0.22,79.74,"463,263" 89,1996,7,75.29,22.42,2.04,0.26,79.97,"458,376" 90,2001,3,75.22,21.24,3.37,0.17,78.26,"531,119" 91,1997,2,75.21,22.51,2.07,0.2,80.37,"415,656" 92,2001,6,75.18,21.52,2.98,0.32,78.73,"520,230" 93,1998,1,75.05,21.59,3.07,0.28,79.9,"452,001" 94,2004,1,74.85,21.96,3.02,0.17,79.68,"583,987" 95,2000,2,74.76,21.58,3.42,0.24,78.89,"444,499" 96,1996,8,74.69,23.34,1.72,0.25,79.98,"462,294" 97,1996,6,74.67,23.24,1.81,0.28,79.57,"443,311" 98,2000,5,74.25,22.01,3.45,0.28,78.34,"478,909" 99,1995,1,73.83,22.82,3.07,0.29,78.39,"464,933" 100,2000,1,73.75,20.77,5.21,0.28,78.26,"470,477" 101,1997,12,73.54,24.38,1.82,0.26,78.64,"450,904" 102,1998,12,73.22,24.27,2.18,0.34,76.89,"455,099" 103,2004,6,72.95,25.26,1.49,0.29,77.36,"588,792" 104,2000,11,72.82,24.67,2.34,0.17,77.21,"467,251" 105,2001,2,72.73,23.31,3.65,0.3,77.17,"477,824" 106,1996,2,71.9,24.3,3.47,0.33,76.44,"420,265" 107,2004,12,71.56,25.39,2.82,0.23,74.46,"606,731" 108,1999,7,71.07,25.44,3.14,0.35,75.98,"474,047" 109,1999,6,70.88,26.02,2.75,0.35,76.68,"460,467" 110,1998,6,70.42,26.3,2.88,0.4,75.47,"446,427" 111,2000,7,70.31,26.21,3.21,0.27,74.31,"483,342" 112,2000,8,69.96,26.71,3.05,0.28,74.56,"491,366" 113,1997,1,68.41,27.32,3.95,0.32,74.19,"459,123" 114,1999,1,67.66,26.04,5.85,0.45,71.95,"453,814" 115,1995,12,67.66,29.21,2.87,0.26,71.62,"441,688" 116,2001,9,67.66,11.82,20.24,0.28,68.53,"490,698" 117,1996,12,66.63,30.36,2.7,0.32,71.37,"455,997" 118,2000,6,66.34,29.37,3.95,0.34,71.11,"471,100" 119,2000,12,62.75,30.99,5.95,0.31,66.52,"481,038" 120,1996,1,62.67,30.28,6.62,0.44,68.49,"447,224" "SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,,,,