"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-time Departure Performance in February 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-time),,,,,
Rank,February 2003,%,Rank,February 2004,%
1,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",89.47,1,"Washington, DC (DCA)",89.10
2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.30,2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",88.72
3,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",87.99,3,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.08
4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",87.48,4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",86.95
5,"Houston, TX (IAH)",87.38,5,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",86.32
6,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",87.04,6,"Boston, MA (BOS)",86.30
7,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.93,7,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.95
8,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",85.12,8,"New York, NY (JFK)",85.92
9,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",84.05,9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.66
10,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",83.85,10,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",85.57
11,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.65,11,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",85.38
12,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",82.72,12,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.37
13,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",82.14,13,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",85.36
14,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",81.81,14,"New York, NY (LGA)",85.16
15,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",81.64,15,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",84.05
16,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",79.14,16,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.94
17,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",79.12,17,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.75
18,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",78.77,18,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",83.57
19,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",78.75,19,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.17
20,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",78.03,20,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",83.17
21,"Washington, DC (DCA)",77.53,21,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.02
22,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",76.87,22,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",82.81
23,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",76.38,23,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",81.77
24,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",76.33,24,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",81.60
25,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",75.24,25,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",80.59
26,"New York, NY (LGA)",75.01,26,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",80.16
27,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",74.96,27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",79.84
28,"New York, NY (JFK)",73.80,28,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",79.50
29,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",71.92,29,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",76.98
30,"Boston, MA (BOS)",71.85,30,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",71.21
31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",70.53,31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",69.30
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-time Data",,,,,