"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in August 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,August 2004,%,Rank,August 2005,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.63,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",85.11
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",88.90,2,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.41
3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",85.37,3,"Washington, DC (DCA)",83.20
4,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",85.26,4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.08
5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",84.73,5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",82.91
6,"Washington, DC (DCA)",84.23,6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",82.87
7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",84.19,7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",82.79
8,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.57,8,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",82.67
9,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.99,9,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.46
10,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.63,10,"Houston, TX (IAH)",80.94
11,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",82.24,11,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",80.86
12,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",81.46,12,"Washington, DC (IAD)",79.98
13,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",81.14,13,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.39
14,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",80.74,14,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.04
15,"New York, NY (LGA)",80.53,15,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",79.02
16,"Boston, MA (BOS)",80.34,16,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",78.40
17,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",79.95,17,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.07
18,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.38,18,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",77.74
19,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",79.25,19,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",77.50
20,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",78.83,20,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.30
21,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",78.72,21,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",77.23
22,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",78.55,22,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",77.12
23,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",78.54,23,"Boston, MA (BOS)",76.84
24,"Washington, DC (IAD)",77.98,24,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",76.43
25,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",77.18,25,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",74.80
26,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",76.86,26,"New York, NY (JFK)",74.75
27,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",76.26,27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",73.65
28,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",75.97,28,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",73.57
29,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",74.70,29,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",72.41
30,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",74.41,30,"Miami, FL (MIA)",69.58
31,"New York, NY (JFK)",73.80,31,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",69.20
32,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.13,32,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",67.60
33,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",71.09,33,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",62.62
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,