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Table 1
Summary of Airline On-Time Performance Year-to-date through June 2005

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Year Operations Late Arrivals Late Departures Cancelled Diverted Percent On-Time Arrivals Percent Late Arrivals Percent Late Departures Percent Cancelled Percent Diverted
1995 2,673,586 525,319 406,319 49,625 5,323 78.30 19.65 15.20 1.86 0.20
1996 2,645,299 605,638 489,247 73,694 7,221 74.05 22.89 18.49 2.79 0.27
1997 2,691,157 563,325 443,134 54,120 6,340 76.82 20.93 16.47 2.01 0.24
1998 2,662,900 580,417 462,061 63,426 7,173 75.55 21.80 17.35 2.38 0.27
1999 2,710,849 595,845 481,614 86,941 7,722 74.53 21.98 17.77 3.21 0.28
2000 2,811,192 638,726 526,156 96,727 7,372 73.58 22.72 18.72 3.44 0.26
2001 3,103,240 627,632 529,152 91,590 6,741 76.61 20.23 17.05 2.95 0.22
2002 2,620,287 451,327 368,323 34,278 3,963 81.32 17.22 14.06 1.31 0.15
2003 3,209,238 493,274 391,521 52,704 5,357 82.82 15.37 12.20 1.64 0.17
2004 3,505,494 710,283 574,557 58,357 6,650 77.88 20.26 16.39 1.66 0.19
2005 3,576,285 710,095 612,187 68,083 6,642 78.05 19.86 17.12 1.90 0.19

NOTE: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 11
2001: 12
2002: 10
2003: 18
2004: 19
2005: 20

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data