"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-time Departure Performance in May 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-time),,,,,
Rank,May 2003,%,Rank,May 2004,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",95.12,1,"Portland, OR (PDX)",89.40
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",94.03,2,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",89.06
3,"Portland, OR (PDX)",92.73,3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",88.71
4,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",91.75,4,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",87.82
5,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",91.06,5,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",87.17
6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",91.03,6,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",86.27
7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",90.79,7,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",85.96
8,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",90.59,8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",85.95
9,"New York, NY (JFK)",90.36,9,"Washington, DC (DCA)",85.89
10,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",90.36,10,"Houston, TX (IAH)",85.52
11,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",90.32,11,"New York, NY (JFK)",85.50
12,"Washington, DC (DCA)",90.01,12,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",85.09
13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",89.71,13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",84.51
14,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",89.70,14,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",84.34
15,"New York, NY (LGA)",89.49,15,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.90
16,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",89.26,16,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.34
17,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",89.15,17,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",83.21
18,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",88.25,18,"New York, NY (LGA)",83.12
19,"Boston, MA (BOS)",87.84,19,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",82.56
20,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",87.13,20,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",82.03
21,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",86.85,21,"Boston, MA (BOS)",81.69
22,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",86.84,22,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",81.20
23,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",86.77,23,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",80.99
24,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",86.54,24,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",80.98
25,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",85.16,25,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",79.27
26,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",84.22,26,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",79.06
27,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",84.11,27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",77.29
28,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",84.03,28,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",76.50
29,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.77,29,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",76.47
30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",83.61,30,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",73.48
31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",81.51,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",64.75
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-time Data",,,,,