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Table 1
Summary of Airline On-Time Performance Year-to-date through February 2009

Year-to-date numbers for all years

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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 883,245 183,594 147,926 24,215 2,102 76.23 20.79 16.75 2.74 0.24
1996 867,489 237,530 195,762 44,182 3,317 67.14 27.38 22.57 5.09 0.38
1997 874,779 219,002 173,350 26,755 2,320 71.64 25.04 19.82 3.06 0.27
1998 864,833 187,683 145,298 24,364 2,305 75.21 21.70 16.80 2.82 0.27
1999 871,441 190,946 160,839 41,066 2,828 73.05 21.91 18.46 4.71 0.32
2000 914,976 193,619 156,393 39,703 2,386 74.24 21.16 17.09 4.34 0.26
2001 1,007,764 220,770 184,489 37,339 2,404 74.15 21.91 18.31 3.71 0.24
2002 835,871 131,422 105,111 11,624 911 82.78 15.72 12.58 1.39 0.11
2003 1,052,315 179,044 142,594 28,342 2,030 80.10 17.01 13.55 2.69 0.19
2004 1,137,863 242,753 191,271 27,092 1,759 76.13 21.33 16.81 2.38 0.15
2005 1,140,256 255,213 216,142 34,589 2,677 74.35 22.38 18.96 3.03 0.23
2006 1,112,534 230,909 203,776 21,080 2,679 77.11 20.76 18.32 1.89 0.24
2007 1,187,163 308,579 266,072 41,242 2,461 70.33 25.99 22.41 3.47 0.21
2008 1,175,001 305,044 262,727 37,904 3,042 70.55 25.96 22.36 3.23 0.26
2009 1,020,749 186,743 157,838 18,522 2,075 79.69 18.29 15.46 1.81 0.20

NOTE: The number of reporting carriers has varied as follows:
1995: 10
1996: 10
1997: 10
1998: 10
1999: 10
2000: 11
2001: 12
2001: 10
2003: 18
2004: 19
2005: 20
2006: 20
2007: 20
2008: 19 (20 through February after which Aloha Airlines ceased reporting)
2009: 19

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