"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in March 2008",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,March 2007,%,Rank,March 2008,%
1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",86.45,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",84.37
2,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.39,2,"Portland, OR (PDX)",81.07
3,"Portland, OR (PDX)",85.22,3,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",80.03
4,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",84.10,4,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",79.82
5,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",82.40,5,"Washington, DC (DCA)",79.54
6,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",81.00,6,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",78.77
7,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",80.05,7,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",78.27
8,"Denver, CO (DEN)",79.35,8,"Boston, MA (BOS)",78.13
9,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",79.16,9,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",78.02
10,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",77.73,10,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",77.97
11,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",77.64,11,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",77.03
12,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",77.21,12,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",76.91
13,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",76.26,13,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",76.70
14,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",76.23,14,"Washington, DC (IAD)",76.54
15,"Houston, TX (IAH)",75.89,15,"Denver, CO (DEN)",76.41
16,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",75.64,16,"New York, NY (JFK)",76.00
17,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",75.30,17,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",75.43
18,"Miami, FL (MIA)",75.00,18,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",74.94
19,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",74.63,19,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",74.72
20,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",73.59,20,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",74.32
21,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",73.18,21,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",73.83
22,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",72.85,22,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",73.19
23,"Washington, DC (IAD)",72.73,23,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",71.97
24,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",72.72,24,"Houston, TX (IAH)",71.53
25,"Washington, DC (DCA)",71.05,25,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",70.89
26,"Boston, MA (BOS)",69.75,26,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",70.63
27,"New York, NY (LGA)",68.20,27,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",69.63
28,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",62.18,28,"New York, NY (LGA)",68.55
29,"New York, NY (JFK)",61.92,29,"Miami, FL (MIA)",68.03
30,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",61.33,30,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",64.42
31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",60.28,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",64.09
32,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",57.19,32,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",63.77
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,