"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through December 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - December 31, 2004",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - December 31, 2005",%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",87.19,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",85.09
2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.29,2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",84.97
3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.08,3,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.73
4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",85.34,4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.40
5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",85.10,5,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.22
6,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",84.97,6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",82.99
7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",84.75,7,"Portland, OR (PDX)",82.98
8,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",84.70,8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.75
9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.90,9,"Washington, DC (DCA)",82.60
10,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.86,10,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",82.15
11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",83.52,11,"Denver, CO (DEN)",81.53
12,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",83.52,12,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",81.17
13,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.10,13,"Washington, DC (IAD)",80.43
14,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.70,14,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",80.31
15,"Boston, MA (BOS)",82.07,15,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.13
16,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",81.97,16,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.69
17,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",81.97,17,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",79.66
18,"New York, NY (LGA)",81.78,18,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.47
19,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.39,19,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.14
20,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",80.77,20,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.12
21,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",80.56,21,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.56
22,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",80.54,22,"New York, NY (LGA)",77.87
23,"New York, NY (JFK)",80.35,23,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",77.80
24,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.16,24,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",77.42
25,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.15,25,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.27
26,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.14,26,"New York, NY (JFK)",76.75
27,"Washington, DC (IAD)",80.08,27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",76.62
28,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.29,28,"Miami, FL (MIA)",76.16
29,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",77.87,29,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",75.75
30,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.74,30,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",74.90
31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",76.10,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",73.73
32,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.17,32,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",73.23
33,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",72.84,33,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",71.89
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,