"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in September 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,September 2005,%,Rank,September 2006,%
1,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",89.89,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.62
2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",89.86,2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",88.25
3,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",89.42,3,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",86.12
4,"Washington, DC (IAD)",89.32,4,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",84.15
5,"Denver, CO (DEN)",89.31,5,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",83.96
6,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",88.98,6,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",83.90
7,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",88.82,7,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.74
8,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",88.19,8,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",83.26
9,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",87.93,9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.13
10,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",86.84,10,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",83.07
11,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",86.72,11,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",82.95
12,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",86.38,12,"Washington, DC (DCA)",82.84
13,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",85.93,13,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.79
14,"New York, NY (LGA)",85.71,14,"Denver, CO (DEN)",81.97
15,"New York, NY (JFK)",85.38,15,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",81.85
16,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.29,16,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",81.34
17,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",84.79,17,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",80.85
18,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.26,18,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",80.59
19,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",83.43,19,"Boston, MA (BOS)",79.90
20,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",83.28,20,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.89
21,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",82.58,21,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.79
22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",81.87,22,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",78.75
23,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",81.09,23,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.32
24,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",80.67,24,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",77.60
25,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.66,25,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",75.98
26,"Houston, TX (IAH)",80.62,26,"Miami, FL (MIA)",75.77
27,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",80.46,27,"New York, NY (JFK)",75.42
28,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",80.27,28,"Washington, DC (IAD)",75.13
29,"Miami, FL (MIA)",80.24,29,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",72.17
30,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",78.48,30,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",68.98
31,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.21,31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",65.31
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,