"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in February 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,February 2004,%,Rank,February 2005,%
1,"Washington, DC (DCA)",89.10,1,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",86.77
2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",88.72,2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",86.06
3,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.08,3,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.39
4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",86.95,4,"Houston, TX (IAH)",84.63
5,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",86.32,5,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",84.58
6,"Boston, MA (BOS)",86.30,6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",84.55
7,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.95,7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",84.14
8,"New York, NY (JFK)",85.92,8,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",83.98
9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.66,9,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.04
10,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",85.57,10,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",82.99
11,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",85.38,11,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",82.60
12,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.37,12,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",81.84
13,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",85.36,13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",81.71
14,"New York, NY (LGA)",85.16,14,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",81.64
15,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",84.05,15,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",81.35
16,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.94,16,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.99
17,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.75,17,"Boston, MA (BOS)",80.78
18,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",83.57,18,"Washington, DC (DCA)",80.44
19,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.17,19,"New York, NY (JFK)",80.41
20,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",83.17,20,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",80.36
21,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.02,21,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",80.32
22,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",82.81,22,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",79.85
23,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",81.77,23,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",79.59
24,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",81.60,24,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",79.14
25,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",80.59,25,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",77.41
26,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",80.16,26,"New York, NY (LGA)",76.26
27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",79.84,27,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",75.27
28,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",79.50,28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",74.23
29,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",76.98,29,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",74.20
30,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",71.21,30,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",73.48
31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",69.30,31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",68.74
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,