"Table 6
Ranking of Major Airport On-time Departure Performance Year-to-Date through September 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-time),,,,,
Rank,"Jan 1 - September 30, 2003",%,Rank,"Jan 1 - September  30, 2004",%
1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",91.28,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",87.47
2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",90.57,2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.81
3,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.47,3,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",86.52
4,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",90.41,4,"Washington, DC (DCA)",86.38
5,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",90.37,5,"Portland, OR (PDX)",85.77
6,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",89.31,6,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.69
7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.66,7,"Denver, CO (DEN)",85.38
8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",88.50,8,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.26
9,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",87.66,9,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",84.44
10,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",87.35,10,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",83.94
11,"Washington, DC (DCA)",87.34,11,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",83.94
12,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",86.93,12,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.49
13,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",86.81,13,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.31
14,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",85.72,14,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.60
15,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",85.70,15,"Boston, MA (BOS)",82.13
16,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",85.32,16,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",81.72
17,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",85.11,17,"New York, NY (LGA)",81.52
18,"New York, NY (LGA)",84.73,18,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",81.35
19,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.62,19,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.06
20,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",84.54,20,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",81.05
21,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",83.63,21,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.90
22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",83.53,22,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",80.41
23,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",83.35,23,"New York, NY (JFK)",80.25
24,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",83.32,24,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.12
25,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.08,25,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",79.91
26,"Miami, FL (MIA)",82.56,26,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",78.93
27,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",82.46,27,"Miami, FL (MIA)",78.82
28,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",81.22,28,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",77.46
29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",81.04,29,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.04
30,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",80.72,30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",75.42
31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",78.88,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",71.78
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-time Data",,,,,