"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in January 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,January 2004,%,Rank,January 2005,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.19,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",86.12
2,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",86.13,2,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",80.23
3,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.75,3,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.82
4,"Washington, DC (DCA)",85.23,4,"Portland, OR (PDX)",79.53
5,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",84.95,5,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",78.97
6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",84.39,6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",78.73
7,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",84.14,7,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",78.56
8,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.19,8,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",78.51
9,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",81.93,9,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.06
10,"Denver, CO (DEN)",81.10,10,"Washington, DC (DCA)",77.97
11,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",80.99,11,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",77.78
12,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",80.97,12,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",77.42
13,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.68,13,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",77.31
14,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.51,14,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",76.96
15,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",80.21,15,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",76.94
16,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",79.97,16,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",76.81
17,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.90,17,"Miami, FL (MIA)",75.63
18,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",79.89,18,"New York, NY (LGA)",75.37
19,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",79.58,19,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",73.82
20,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",79.50,20,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",73.57
21,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",79.32,21,"Denver, CO (DEN)",73.02
22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.42,22,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",72.74
23,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",77.88,23,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",71.80
24,"New York, NY (LGA)",77.60,24,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",71.66
25,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",75.85,25,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",71.65
26,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",75.26,26,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",70.84
27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.95,27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",69.60
28,"New York, NY (JFK)",74.80,28,"Boston, MA (BOS)",67.36
29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",74.50,29,"New York, NY (JFK)",65.05
30,"Portland, OR (PDX)",73.39,30,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",61.26
31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",57.92,31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",59.68
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,