"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance in October 2005",,,,,
(Percent On-Time),,,,,
Rank,October 2004,%,Rank,October 2005,%
1,"Houston, TX (IAH)",92.58,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.03
2,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",90.12,2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",89.89
3,"Denver, CO (DEN)",89.92,3,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",89.35
4,"Washington, DC (DCA)",89.69,4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",86.79
5,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",89.45,5,"Portland, OR (PDX)",86.36
6,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",89.12,6,"Washington, DC (IAD)",86.18
7,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",89.03,7,"Washington, DC (DCA)",85.93
8,"New York, NY (LGA)",88.53,8,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",85.92
9,"New York, NY (JFK)",88.37,9,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",85.75
10,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",88.20,10,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",85.59
11,"Miami, FL (MIA)",88.06,11,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.42
12,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",87.82,12,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",85.24
13,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",87.09,13,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.08
14,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",86.97,14,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",84.29
15,"Portland, OR (PDX)",86.95,15,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",84.27
16,"Boston, MA (BOS)",86.55,16,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",83.66
17,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",86.10,17,"Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)",83.13
18,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.98,18,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",82.33
19,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",85.39,19,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",82.03
20,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",85.24,20,"New York, NY (JFK)",81.19
21,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",84.46,21,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",80.75
22,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",84.11,22,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",80.28
23,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",83.46,23,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",80.18
24,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",83.21,24,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",79.78
25,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",82.18,25,"New York, NY (LGA)",78.44
26,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",81.59,26,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",78.12
27,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",80.96,27,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",77.91
28,"Washington, DC (IAD)",79.27,28,"Boston, MA (BOS)",77.68
29,"Oakland, CA (OAK)",78.72,29,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",75.91
30,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",78.50,30,"Miami, FL (MIA)",72.51
31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",78.18,31,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",72.05
32,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",76.31,32,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",71.33
33,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",75.96,33,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",70.19
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Data",,,,,