"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in December 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,December 2003,%,Rank,December 2004,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.10,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",83.72
2,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",86.75,2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",80.43
3,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.69,3,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",79.07
4,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",85.49,4,"Miami, FL (MIA)",78.97
5,"Washington, DC (DCA)",85.15,5,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",78.45
6,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",84.96,6,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",78.40
7,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",84.43,7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",77.53
8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",84.23,8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",77.02
9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.92,9,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",76.99
10,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",83.14,10,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",76.79
11,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.08,11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",76.30
12,"Portland, OR (PDX)",82.85,12,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",75.98
13,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.83,13,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",75.89
14,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",81.99,14,"Portland, OR (PDX)",75.85
15,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.28,15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",75.79
16,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",81.16,16,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",75.65
17,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",81.04,17,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",74.63
18,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.93,18,"New York, NY (LGA)",74.41
19,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",80.28,19,"Boston, MA (BOS)",74.15
20,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",79.54,20,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",73.77
21,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",78.84,21,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",73.44
22,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.82,22,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",72.94
23,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.26,23,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",71.21
24,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",76.59,24,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",71.16
25,"New York, NY (JFK)",74.10,25,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",71.04
26,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",73.95,26,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",70.08
27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",73.63,27,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",69.59
28,"New York, NY (LGA)",73.14,28,"New York, NY (JFK)",67.62
29,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",72.89,29,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",67.11
30,"Boston, MA (BOS)",70.83,30,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",66.07
31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",67.23,31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",63.08
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,