"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through September 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - September 30, 2004",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - September 30, 2005",%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",87.47,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",84.78
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.81,2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",84.72
3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",86.52,3,"Portland, OR (PDX)",83.73
4,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.38,4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",83.47
5,"Portland, OR (PDX)",85.77,5,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.31
6,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.69,6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.28
7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",85.38,7,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.21
8,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.26,8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.77
9,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",84.44,9,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",82.57
10,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",83.94,10,"Washington, DC (DCA)",81.93
11,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",83.94,11,"Denver, CO (DEN)",81.55
12,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.49,12,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",80.88
13,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",83.36,13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.16
14,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.31,14,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.87
15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.60,15,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.74
16,"Boston, MA (BOS)",82.13,16,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",79.56
17,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",81.72,17,"Washington, DC (IAD)",79.44
18,"New York, NY (LGA)",81.52,18,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",79.42
19,"Washington, DC (IAD)",81.51,19,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.31
20,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",81.35,20,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.14
21,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.06,21,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.51
22,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",81.05,22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.39
23,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.90,23,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.38
24,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",80.41,24,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.07
25,"New York, NY (JFK)",80.25,25,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",76.74
26,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.12,26,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",76.73
27,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.91,27,"New York, NY (JFK)",76.45
28,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.93,28,"Miami, FL (MIA)",76.19
29,"Miami, FL (MIA)",78.82,29,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",76.16
30,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.46,30,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",75.90
31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.04,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",74.17
32,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",75.42,32,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",72.76
33,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",71.78,33,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",70.72
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,