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5-3 U.S. Airport On-time Performance: 1995–2015

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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Percent of flight operations

Year On-time arrivals Late arrivals Cancelled or diverted
1995 78.6 15.5 1.9
1996 74.5 18.2 2.7
1997 77.9 15.7 2.0
1998 77.2 16.2 2.9
1999 76.1 17.0 3.0
2000 72.6 19.9 3.6
2001 77.4 16.0 4.1
2002 82.1 13.6 1.4
2003 82.0 12.9 1.7
2004 78.1 16.7 2.0
2005 77.4 17.9 2.1
2006 75.5 20.0 1.9
2007 73.4 21.1 2.4
2008 76.0 18.9 2.2
2009 79.5 16.8 1.6
2010 79.8 17.2 2.0
2011 79.6 17.1 2.2
2012 81.9 16.3 1.5
2013 78.3 19.3 1.7
2014 76.3 20.5 2.4
2015 79.9 18.3 1.8

Note: Flights arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival time are on time.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2016.