"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through March 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - March 31, 2004",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - March 31, 2005",%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.74,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",85.71
2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",88.13,2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",83.35
3,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",86.19,3,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",82.48
4,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",86.11,4,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.14
5,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",85.98,5,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",81.47
6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.75,6,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",81.43
7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",85.67,7,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",81.33
8,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",84.75,8,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",81.04
9,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",84.45,9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",80.52
10,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",84.34,10,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",80.24
11,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",83.88,11,"Denver, CO (DEN)",79.97
12,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.62,12,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",79.33
13,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",83.47,13,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",79.07
14,"Portland, OR (PDX)",83.17,14,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",78.92
15,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",83.07,15,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",78.63
16,"Boston, MA (BOS)",82.92,16,"Washington, DC (DCA)",78.49
17,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",82.77,17,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",78.22
18,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.64,18,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",78.04
19,"New York, NY (LGA)",81.75,19,"Miami, FL (MIA)",77.88
20,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",81.72,20,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",77.75
21,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",81.69,21,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",76.88
22,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",81.66,22,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",76.24
23,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",81.58,23,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",75.71
24,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.48,24,"Boston, MA (BOS)",74.73
25,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",81.46,25,"New York, NY (LGA)",74.56
26,"New York, NY (JFK)",81.28,26,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",74.06
27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",80.00,27,"New York, NY (JFK)",73.63
28,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.68,28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",72.95
29,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",78.41,29,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",70.95
30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",78.01,30,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",69.53
31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",65.52,31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",63.85
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,