"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in December 2006",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,December 2005,%,Rank,December 2006,%
1,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",80.76,1,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",79.70
2,"Washington, DC (DCA)",80.74,2,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",79.17
3,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",79.99,3,"Washington, DC (DCA)",79.00
4,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",79.97,4,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",78.58
5,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",79.94,5,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.54
6,"Washington, DC (IAD)",79.78,6,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",77.91
7,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",79.43,7,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",77.78
8,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",78.57,8,"Houston, TX (IAH)",76.68
9,"Houston, TX (IAH)",78.55,9,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",76.51
10,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",77.95,10,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",76.08
11,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",76.82,11,"Miami, FL (MIA)",75.01
12,"Boston, MA (BOS)",76.71,12,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",74.19
13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",75.93,13,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",74.03
14,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",75.38,14,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",73.71
15,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.05,15,"New York, NY (LGA)",73.52
16,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",73.12,16,"Washington, DC (IAD)",72.90
17,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",72.80,17,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",72.68
18,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.50,18,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",72.65
19,"New York, NY (LGA)",72.45,19,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",72.26
20,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",72.04,20,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",72.17
21,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",71.94,21,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",71.26
22,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",71.47,22,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",70.32
23,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",71.42,23,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",69.91
24,"Denver, CO (DEN)",71.36,24,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",69.54
25,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",71.15,25,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",69.13
26,"New York, NY (JFK)",69.52,26,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",69.08
27,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",68.23,27,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",68.26
28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",67.62,28,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",67.91
29,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",66.71,29,"New York, NY (JFK)",67.01
30,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",65.50,30,"Denver, CO (DEN)",65.05
31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",59.91,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",58.59
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,