"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in August 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,August 2005,%,Rank,August 2006,%
1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",85.1,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",87.7
2,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.4,2,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",85.6
3,"Washington, DC (DCA)",83.2,3,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.7
4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.1,4,"Houston, TX (IAH)",83.5
5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",82.9,5,"Washington, DC (DCA)",83.3
6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",82.9,6,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",81.1
7,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",82.7,7,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.0
8,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.5,8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",80.9
9,"Houston, TX (IAH)",80.9,9,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.3
10,"Washington, DC (IAD)",80.0,10,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.9
11,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.4,11,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",79.9
12,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.0,12,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",79.9
13,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",79.0,13,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.8
14,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",78.4,14,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.4
15,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.1,15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.9
16,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",77.7,16,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",78.2
17,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",77.5,17,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",77.6
18,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.3,18,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",77.3
19,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",77.2,19,"Boston, MA (BOS)",76.2
20,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",77.1,20,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",76.1
21,"Boston, MA (BOS)",76.8,21,"New York, NY (LGA)",76.0
22,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",76.4,22,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",75.7
23,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",74.8,23,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",75.1
24,"New York, NY (JFK)",74.8,24,"Washington, DC (IAD)",74.0
25,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",73.6,25,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",72.9
26,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",73.6,26,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.6
27,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",72.4,27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",72.2
28,"Miami, FL (MIA)",69.6,28,"New York, NY (JFK)",72.1
29,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",69.2,29,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",69.7
30,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",67.6,30,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",69.4
31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",62.6,31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",66.4
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,