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Table 1 Summary of Airline On-Time Performance Year-to-date through November 2016

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

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Year-to-date numbers for all years

Year Operations Late Arrivals Late Departures Cancelled Diverted Percent On-Time Arrivals Percent Late Arrivals Percent Late Departures Percent Cancelled Percent Diverted
1995 4,885,747 910,242 715,243 79,225 9,337 79.56 18.63 14.64 1.62 0.19
1996 4,895,986 1,081,626 855,714 116,206 12,684 75.28 22.09 17.48 2.37 0.26
1997 4,960,939 973,884 758,781 89,548 10,917 78.34 19.63 15.30 1.81 0.22
1998 4,929,622 959,617 775,126 134,609 11,626 77.57 19.47 15.72 2.73 0.24
1999 5,057,940 1,058,384 858,868 146,150 12,654 75.94 20.93 16.98 2.89 0.25
2000 5,202,009 1,206,956 999,203 158,890 12,774 73.50 23.20 19.21 3.05 0.25
2001 5,537,911 1,024,355 882,041 226,865 12,304 77.18 18.50 15.93 4.10 0.22
2002 4,844,234 784,024 643,919 57,787 7,416 82.47 16.18 13.29 1.19 0.15
2003 5,933,045 937,136 736,739 89,837 10,563 82.51 15.80 12.42 1.51 0.18
2004 6,522,539 1,267,350 1,049,745 110,653 12,403 78.68 19.43 16.09 1.70 0.19
2005 6,568,253 1,311,975 1,142,797 122,979 12,921 77.96 19.97 17.40 1.87 0.20
2006 6,537,164 1,458,409 1,281,261 103,840 14,793 75.88 22.31 19.60 1.59 0.23
2007 6,839,076 1,607,269 1,403,470 139,255 15,664 74.23 23.50 20.52 2.04 0.23
2008 6,464,770 1,356,088 1,179,326 119,655 14,833 76.94 20.98 18.24 1.85 0.23
2009 5,921,016 1,086,268 962,133 74,647 13,975 80.16 18.35 16.25 1.26 0.24
2010 5,910,735 1,045,121 986,890 93,563 14,106 80.50 17.68 16.70 1.58 0.24
2011 5,591,393 1,037,259 971,597 112,265 13,506 79.20 18.55 17.38 2.01 0.24
2012 5,602,544 908,431 886,533 70,892 11,391 82.32 16.21 15.82 1.27 0.20
2013 5,852,743 1,124,319 1,088,021 81,265 13,004 79.18 19.21 18.59 1.39 0.22
2014 5,342,628 1,130,365 1,087,541 120,249 13,401 76.34 21.16 20.36 2.25 0.25
2015 5,339,849 966,667 957,607 81,821 13,737 80.11 18.10 17.93 1.53 0.26
2016 5,156,709 860,646 850,809 58,397 12,396 81.94 16.69 16.50 1.13 0.24

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data

NOTES: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 10 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines started reporting for the first time)
2001: 12 (11 starting in November when Aloha Airlines ceased reporting for the first time)
2002: 10
2003: 17 (18 starting in November when Hawaiian Airlines started reporting)
2004: 19
2005: 20 (19 through April after which Frontier Airlines started reporting)
2006: 20 (19 through March after which Aloha Airlines started reporting for the second time)
2007: 20
2008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)
2009: 19
2010: 18
2011: 16
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 14
2015: 13 (14 through June after which American and US Airways began joint reporting)
2016: 12