"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-time Departure Performance in December 2003",,,,,
(Percent On-time),,,,,
Rank,December 2002,%,Rank,December 2003,%
1,"Denver, CO (DEN)",89.18,1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.10
2,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.64,2,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",86.75
3,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",85.83,3,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.69
4,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",85.54,4,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",85.49
5,"Houston, TX (IAH)",85.33,5,"Washington, DC (DCA)",85.15
6,"Washington, DC (DCA)",85.13,6,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",84.96
7,"Miami, FL (MIA)",84.94,7,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",84.43
8,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",84.07,8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",84.23
9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.87,9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",83.92
10,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",83.76,10,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",83.14
11,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.27,11,"Miami, FL (MIA)",83.08
12,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",82.60,12,"Portland, OR (PDX)",82.85
13,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",81.71,13,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",82.83
14,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.59,14,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",81.99
15,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",81.54,15,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",81.28
16,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",81.36,16,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",81.16
17,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.99,17,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",81.04
18,"New York, NY (LGA)",80.08,18,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",80.93
19,"Portland, OR (PDX)",80.07,19,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",80.28
20,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",79.98,20,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",79.54
21,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",79.19,21,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",78.84
22,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",78.63,22,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.82
23,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",78.38,23,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.26
24,"New York, NY (JFK)",78.05,24,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",76.59
25,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.04,25,"New York, NY (JFK)",74.10
26,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.23,26,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",73.95
27,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",76.91,27,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",73.63
28,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",76.82,28,"New York, NY (LGA)",73.14
29,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",74.15,29,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",72.89
30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",73.56,30,"Boston, MA (BOS)",70.83
31,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",72.63,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",67.23
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-time Data",,,,,