"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through September 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - September 30, 2005",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - September 30, 2006",%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",84.78,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.33
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",84.72,2,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",86.31
3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",83.47,3,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",82.63
4,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.31,4,"Washington, DC (DCA)",82.58
5,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.28,5,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",82.31
6,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.21,6,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",81.95
7,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",82.57,7,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.11
8,"Washington, DC (DCA)",81.93,8,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",80.89
9,"Denver, CO (DEN)",81.55,9,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.88
10,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",80.88,10,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",80.86
11,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.16,11,"Houston, TX (IAH)",79.77
12,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.87,12,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",79.51
13,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.74,13,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.28
14,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",79.56,14,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",79.12
15,"Washington, DC (IAD)",79.44,15,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",78.98
16,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",79.42,16,"Denver, CO (DEN)",78.57
17,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.31,17,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",78.10
18,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.14,18,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",78.04
19,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.51,19,"Miami, FL (MIA)",77.74
20,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.39,20,"Boston, MA (BOS)",77.21
21,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.38,21,"New York, NY (JFK)",76.65
22,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.07,22,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",76.28
23,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",76.74,23,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",76.11
24,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",76.73,24,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",75.27
25,"New York, NY (JFK)",76.45,25,"New York, NY (LGA)",75.17
26,"Miami, FL (MIA)",76.19,26,"Washington, DC (IAD)",74.61
27,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",76.16,27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",72.25
28,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",75.90,28,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",72.12
29,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",74.17,29,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",72.06
30,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",72.76,30,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",71.68
31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",70.72,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",69.81
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,