"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through August 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - August 31, 2004",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - August 31, 2005",%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",86.73,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",85.27
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.28,2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",84.20
3,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.25,3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",83.10
4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",86.12,4,"Portland, OR (PDX)",83.08
5,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.40,5,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",82.95
6,"Portland, OR (PDX)",85.39,6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",82.85
7,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",84.84,7,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.54
8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",84.76,8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.37
9,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",84.03,9,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",81.76
10,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",83.83,10,"Washington, DC (DCA)",81.00
11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",83.48,11,"Denver, CO (DEN)",80.49
12,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",83.13,12,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",80.08
13,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",83.08,13,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",80.03
14,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.05,14,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.65
15,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",82.15,15,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",79.30
16,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",82.08,16,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",78.76
17,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",81.96,17,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",78.52
18,"Boston, MA (BOS)",81.69,18,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",78.51
19,"New York, NY (LGA)",81.42,19,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",78.48
20,"Washington, DC (IAD)",81.27,20,"Washington, DC (IAD)",78.40
21,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",81.11,21,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.05
22,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.61,22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",77.98
23,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",80.44,23,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.84
24,"New York, NY (JFK)",79.81,24,"New York, NY (LGA)",77.63
25,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",79.78,25,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",76.28
26,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.77,26,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",75.88
27,"Miami, FL (MIA)",79.76,27,"Miami, FL (MIA)",75.72
28,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.20,28,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",75.62
29,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.38,29,"New York, NY (JFK)",75.35
30,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.33,30,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",74.79
31,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",76.33,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",73.38
32,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",75.05,32,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",71.81
33,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",69.83,33,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",69.31
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,