"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in September 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,September 2004,%,Rank,September 2005,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",93.65,1,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",89.89
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.98,2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",89.86
3,"Denver, CO (DEN)",90.50,3,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",89.42
4,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",90.44,4,"Washington, DC (IAD)",89.32
5,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",89.85,5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",89.31
6,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",89.80,6,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",88.98
7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.94,7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.83
8,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",88.81,8,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",88.82
9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",88.68,9,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",88.19
10,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",88.40,10,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",87.93
11,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",88.05,11,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",86.84
12,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",88.04,12,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",86.72
13,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",87.59,13,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",86.38
14,"Washington, DC (DCA)",87.42,14,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",86.21
15,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",86.84,15,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",85.93
16,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",86.77,16,"New York, NY (LGA)",85.77
17,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",85.69,17,"New York, NY (JFK)",85.38
18,"Boston, MA (BOS)",85.65,18,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.29
19,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",85.64,19,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",84.79
20,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",85.63,20,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.26
21,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",85.48,21,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",83.43
22,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",84.66,22,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",83.28
23,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.56,23,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",82.58
24,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",83.30,24,"Boston, MA (BOS)",81.87
25,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",82.99,25,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",81.09
26,"Washington, DC (IAD)",82.82,26,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",80.67
27,"New York, NY (LGA)",82.36,27,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.66
28,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",78.77,28,"Houston, TX (IAH)",80.62
29,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",78.19,29,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",80.46
30,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",74.72,30,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",80.27
31,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",71.33,31,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.24
32,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",70.82,32,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",78.48
33,"Miami, FL (MIA)",70.40,33,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.21
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,