"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in March 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,March 2004,%,Rank,March 2005,%
1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.44,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",86.25
2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.23,2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",84.66
3,"Washington, DC (DCA)",90.00,3,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",84.34
4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.99,4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",84.30
5,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",88.88,5,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.68
6,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.33,6,"Denver, CO (DEN)",83.06
7,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",87.90,7,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",82.84
8,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",87.70,8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.67
9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",87.67,9,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.20
10,"Miami, FL (MIA)",87.18,10,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",81.94
11,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",86.90,11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",81.56
12,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",86.76,12,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",81.25
13,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",86.30,13,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.27
14,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",85.97,14,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.91
15,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.55,15,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.64
16,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",85.42,16,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",79.13
17,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.29,17,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.81
18,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",84.62,18,"Miami, FL (MIA)",77.28
19,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",84.59,19,"Washington, DC (DCA)",77.24
20,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",84.43,20,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",76.68
21,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",84.19,21,"Boston, MA (BOS)",76.47
22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",84.03,22,"New York, NY (JFK)",75.86
23,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.21,23,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",75.36
24,"New York, NY (LGA)",82.62,24,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",74.67
25,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",82.57,25,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",74.38
26,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",82.08,26,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",74.36
27,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",81.81,27,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",74.17
28,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.43,28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",72.99
29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",80.04,29,"New York, NY (LGA)",72.24
30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",79.34,30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",63.65
31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",67.71,31,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",63.51
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,