"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in October 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,October 2005,%,Rank,October 2006,%
1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.03,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",87.34
2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.89,2,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",86.38
3,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",89.35,3,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",84.27
4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",86.79,4,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",83.68
5,"Washington, DC (IAD)",86.18,5,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",83.42
6,"Washington, DC (DCA)",85.93,6,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",82.49
7,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",85.92,7,"Miami, FL (MIA)",82.42
8,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",85.75,8,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",81.44
9,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",85.59,9,"Denver, CO (DEN)",81.39
10,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",85.24,10,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",81.23
11,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.08,11,"Washington, DC (DCA)",80.80
12,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",84.29,12,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.99
13,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",84.27,13,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",79.93
14,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.66,14,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",79.78
15,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",83.13,15,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",79.44
16,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",82.33,16,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",78.99
17,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",82.03,17,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",78.55
18,"New York, NY (JFK)",81.19,18,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.15
19,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.75,19,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",77.91
20,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",80.28,20,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",77.74
21,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.18,21,"Houston, TX (IAH)",76.79
22,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.78,22,"Washington, DC (IAD)",75.56
23,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.41,23,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",74.87
24,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.12,24,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.71
25,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.91,25,"New York, NY (JFK)",74.66
26,"Boston, MA (BOS)",77.68,26,"New York, NY (LGA)",73.98
27,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",75.91,27,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",73.17
28,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.51,28,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",73.06
29,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",72.05,29,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",72.86
30,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",71.33,30,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",66.02
31,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",70.19,31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",64.21
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,