"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through December 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - December 31, 2003",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - December 31, 2004",%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.46,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",87.17
2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",89.63,2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.29
3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",89.62,3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.08
4,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",89.27,4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",85.34
5,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",88.91,5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",85.10
6,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",88.65,6,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",84.97
7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.34,7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",84.75
8,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",88.22,8,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",84.70
9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",88.07,9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.90
10,"Washington, DC (DCA)",87.81,10,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.86
11,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",87.45,11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",83.52
12,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",87.32,12,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",83.52
13,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",86.28,13,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.10
14,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",86.18,14,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.70
15,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",85.74,15,"Boston, MA (BOS)",82.07
16,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",85.56,16,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",81.97
17,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",84.98,17,"New York, NY (LGA)",81.78
18,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",84.93,18,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.39
19,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.35,19,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",80.77
20,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",84.25,20,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",80.56
21,"New York, NY (LGA)",84.24,21,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",80.54
22,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",84.22,22,"New York, NY (JFK)",80.35
23,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.47,23,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.16
24,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",83.33,24,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.15
25,"Boston, MA (BOS)",83.29,25,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.14
26,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.23,26,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.29
27,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",82.93,27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",77.87
28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",81.44,28,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.74
29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",81.28,29,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",76.10
30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",79.26,30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.17
31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",79.20,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",72.84
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,