"Table 5
Ranking of Major Airport On-time Departure Performance in March 2004",,,,,
(Percent On-time),,,,,
Rank,March 2003,%,Rank,March 2004,
1,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",92.13,1,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.44
2,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",90.98,2,"Houston, TX (IAH)",90.23
3,"Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)",90.65,3,"Washington, DC (DCA)",90.00
4,"Portland, OR (PDX)",90.46,4,"Denver, CO (DEN)",88.99
5,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",90.32,5,"San Francisco, CA (SFO)",88.88
6,"Washington, DC (DCA)",90.22,6,"Portland, OR (PDX)",88.33
7,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",89.66,7,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",87.90
8,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",89.14,8,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",87.70
9,"Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)",88.61,9,"Los Angeles, CA (LAX)",87.67
10,"Houston, TX (IAH)",88.37,10,"Miami, FL (MIA)",87.18
11,"Tampa, FL (TPA)",87.27,11,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",86.90
12,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",87.20,12,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",86.76
13,"New York, NY (LGA)",87.11,13,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",86.30
14,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",86.16,14,"Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (DFW)",85.97
15,"Cincinnati, OH (CVG)",85.93,15,"San Diego, CA (SAN)",85.55
16,"Orlando, FL (MCO)",85.84,16,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",85.42
17,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",85.54,17,"St. Louis, MO (STL)",85.29
18,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",85.16,18,"Seattle, WA (SEA)",84.62
19,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",85.00,19,"Minn/St. Paul Int, MN (MSP)",84.59
20,"Miami, FL (MIA)",84.87,20,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",84.43
21,"Boston, MA (BOS)",84.73,21,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",84.19
22,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",84.35,22,"Boston, MA (BOS)",84.03
23,"New York, NY (JFK)",84.30,23,"New York, NY (JFK)",83.21
24,"Detroit, MI (DTW)",84.29,24,"New York, NY (LGA)",82.62
25,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",83.43,25,"Las Vegas, NV (LAS)",82.57
26,"Charlotte, NC (CLT)",83.19,26,"Baltimore, MD (BWI)",82.08
27,"Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)",82.67,27,"Phoenix, AZ (PHX)",81.81
28,"Denver, CO (DEN)",82.40,28,"Newark, NJ (EWR)",80.43
29,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",80.47,29,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",80.04
30,"Chicago, IL (MDW)",79.04,30,"Philadelphia, PA (PHL)",79.34
31,"Atlanta, GA (ATL)",78.91,31,"Chicago, IL (ORD)",67.71
"SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-time Data",,,,,