"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in May 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,May 2005,%,Rank,May 2006,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.18,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.30
2,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",89.52,2,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",88.35
3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",88.86,3,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",86.73
4,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",88.26,4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",86.04
5,"Washington, DC (DCA)",87.90,5,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",84.95
6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",87.83,6,"New York, NY (JFK)",84.46
7,"New York, NY (JFK)",87.48,7,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.79
8,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",87.40,8,"Washington, DC (DCA)",83.37
9,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",87.33,9,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",82.99
10,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",87.19,10,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",82.98
11,"New York, NY (LGA)",86.83,11,"Denver, CO (DEN)",82.81
12,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",86.33,12,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",82.59
13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",85.81,13,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",82.37
14,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",85.57,14,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",82.10
15,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",85.37,15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",81.22
16,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",85.35,16,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",81.18
17,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",85.33,17,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",80.93
18,"Boston, MA (BOS)",85.26,18,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.44
19,"Denver, CO (DEN)",85.00,19,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",79.96
20,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",84.43,20,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.73
21,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.38,21,"Houston, TX (IAH)",78.43
22,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",83.83,22,"Washington, DC (IAD)",78.00
23,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",82.96,23,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",77.94
24,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",82.67,24,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.75
25,"Washington, DC (IAD)",82.62,25,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",75.27
26,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",82.49,26,"New York, NY (LGA)",75.26
27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",82.04,27,"Boston, MA (BOS)",74.23
28,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",81.61,28,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.05
29,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.47,29,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",74.00
30,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",78.32,30,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",69.61
31,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",73.37,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",69.21
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,