"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in December 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,December 2004,%,Rank,December 2005,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",83.72,1,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",80.76
2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",80.43,2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",80.74
3,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",79.07,3,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",79.99
4,"Miami, FL (MIA)",78.97,4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",79.97
5,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",78.45,5,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",79.94
6,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",78.40,6,"Washington, DC (IAD)",79.78
7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",77.53,7,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",79.43
8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",77.02,8,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",78.57
9,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",76.99,9,"Houston, TX (IAH)",78.55
10,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",76.79,10,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",78.41
11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",76.30,11,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",77.95
12,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",75.98,12,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",76.82
13,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",75.89,13,"Boston, MA (BOS)",76.71
14,"Portland, OR (PDX)",75.85,14,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",75.93
15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",75.79,15,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",75.38
16,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",75.65,16,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.05
17,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",74.63,17,"Portland, OR (PDX)",73.34
18,"New York, NY (LGA)",74.41,18,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",73.12
19,"Boston, MA (BOS)",74.15,19,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",72.80
20,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",73.77,20,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.50
21,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",73.44,21,"New York, NY (LGA)",72.49
22,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",72.94,22,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",72.04
23,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",72.79,23,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",71.94
24,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",71.21,24,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",71.47
25,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",71.16,25,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",71.42
26,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",71.04,26,"Denver, CO (DEN)",71.36
27,"Washington, DC (IAD)",70.25,27,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",71.15
28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",70.08,28,"New York, NY (JFK)",69.52
29,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",69.59,29,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",68.23
30,"New York, NY (JFK)",67.62,30,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",67.62
31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",67.11,31,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",66.71
32,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",66.07,32,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",65.50
33,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",63.08,33,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",59.91
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,