Airlines’ On-Time Performance

On-time performance for all airlines at Southern California airports in November*

Airport On-Time Arrival Rate On-time Departure Rate Los Angeles International 75.3% 84.3% Burbank 86.1 88.8 Ontario 84.6 90.6 Orange County 79.2 86.7 San Diego 78.9 87.5

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On-time arrival performance by airline at Los Angles International Airport for November**

On-time arrival rate:

Southwest: 86.3% Alaska: 79.2 Northwest: 78.9 America West: 78.5 United: 76.3 Delta: 72.0 American: 70.5 USAir: 68.5 Continental: 65.7 TWA: 63.8

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The nation’s 10 most-chronically late flights in November.***

Average Flight % of flights Minutes Carrier No. Route arriving late Late USAir 1431 Pittsburgh-Detroit 100.0 29 Continental 320 Newark-Boston 100.0 54 USAir 497 Newark-Pittsburgh 94.1 41 Delta 647 Cincinnati-Phoenix 93.1 36 Continental 754 Atlanta-Newark 90.5 60 Delta 391 Atlanta-San Diego 88.5 29 USAir 881 Charlotte-Pittsburgh 88.2 31 USAir 222 Pittsburgh-Buffalo 87.5 29 USAir 1479 Pittsburgh-Bristol, Tenn. 87.5 28 America West 990 Columbus, Ohio-Las Vegas 85.7 51

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation

* November is the latest month for which figures are available. A flight is reported as “on-time” if it departs or arrives less than 15 behind schedule. Delays caused by mechanical problems are excluded from the report. Reservation systems used by most airlines and travel agents contain the on-time peformance of each flight.

** Figures not available for other Southland airports.

*** Flights arrived at least 15 minutes late 80% of the time.