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Table 1
Summary of Airline On-Time Performance Year-to-date through January 2005

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Year Operations Late Arrivals Late Departures Cancelled Diverted Percent On-Time Arrivals Percent Late Arrivals Percent Late Departures Percent Cancelled Percent Diverted
1995 464933 106076 86193 14261 1348 73.83 22.82 18.54 3.07 0.29
1996 447224 135407 111316 29595 1948 62.67 30.28 24.89 6.62 0.44
1997 459123 125428 100351 18142 1484 68.41 27.32 21.86 3.95 0.32
1998 452001 97609 76993 13880 1274 75.05 21.59 17.03 3.07 0.28
1999 453814 118153 100762 26543 2048 67.66 26.04 22.20 5.85 0.45
2000 470477 97699 77755 24515 1303 73.75 20.77 16.53 5.21 0.28
2001 529940 109367 92872 19891 975 75.42 20.64 17.53 3.75 0.18
2002 436336 75006 59370 7301 498 81.02 17.19 13.61 1.67 0.11
2003 552109 82900 66453 8341 847 83.32 15.02 12.04 1.51 0.15
2004 583987 128236 101072 17611 1015 74.85 21.96 17.31 3.02 0.17
2005 594924 143316 122637 25084 1809 71.39 24.09 20.61 4.22 0.30

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data

NOTE: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 11
2001: 12
2002: 10
2003: 18
2004: 19
2005: 19