"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in January 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,January 2005,%,Rank,January 2006,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",86.12,1,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",86.61
2,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",80.23,2,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",86.11
3,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.82,3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",85.40
4,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",78.97,4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",84.69
5,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",78.73,5,"Houston, TX (IAH)",84.29
6,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",78.51,6,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",84.00
7,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.06,7,"Washington, DC (DCA)",83.89
8,"Washington, DC (DCA)",77.97,8,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",82.94
9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",77.78,9,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",82.66
10,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",77.42,10,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",82.56
11,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",77.31,11,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",82.29
12,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",76.96,12,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",81.54
13,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",76.94,13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",81.33
14,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",76.81,14,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",80.85
15,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",76.14,15,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",80.61
16,"Miami, FL (MIA)",75.63,16,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.24
17,"New York, NY (LGA)",75.37,17,"Denver, CO (DEN)",79.96
18,"Washington, DC (IAD)",74.74,18,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",79.45
19,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",73.82,19,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.98
20,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",73.57,20,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",78.41
21,"Denver, CO (DEN)",73.02,21,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.27
22,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",72.74,22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.27
23,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",71.80,23,"Miami, FL (MIA)",77.87
24,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",71.66,24,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",77.53
25,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",71.65,25,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",77.23
26,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",70.84,26,"New York, NY (LGA)",76.37
27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",69.60,27,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",75.38
28,"Boston, MA (BOS)",67.36,28,"New York, NY (JFK)",75.13
29,"New York, NY (JFK)",65.05,29,"Washington, DC (IAD)",74.71
30,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",61.26,30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.40
31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",59.68,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",71.65
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,