"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in March 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,March 2005,%,Rank,March 2006,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",86.25,1,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",87.89
2,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",84.34,2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.63
3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",84.30,3,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",85.15
4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.68,4,"Boston, MA (BOS)",85.07
5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",83.06,5,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",84.61
6,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",82.84,6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",83.52
7,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.20,7,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",83.44
8,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",81.94,8,"Miami, FL (MIA)",82.35
9,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",81.56,9,"New York, NY (JFK)",82.25
10,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",81.25,10,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",82.20
11,"Washington, DC (IAD)",80.53,11,"Washington, DC (IAD)",81.84
12,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.27,12,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",81.46
13,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",80.26,13,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",80.85
14,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.91,14,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.68
15,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.64,15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.59
16,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",79.13,16,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",79.88
17,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.81,17,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.21
18,"Miami, FL (MIA)",77.28,18,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",79.17
19,"Washington, DC (DCA)",77.24,19,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.83
20,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",76.68,20,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.61
21,"Boston, MA (BOS)",76.47,21,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",77.30
22,"New York, NY (JFK)",75.86,22,"Houston, TX (IAH)",77.25
23,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",75.36,23,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",76.65
24,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",74.67,24,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",74.92
25,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",74.38,25,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",74.22
26,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",74.36,26,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",73.85
27,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",74.17,27,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",73.21
28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",72.99,28,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",72.16
29,"New York, NY (LGA)",72.24,29,"Denver, CO (DEN)",71.59
30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",63.65,30,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",66.72
31,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",63.51,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",66.26
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,