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Table 1
Summary of Airline On-Time Performance Year-to-date through January 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 464,933 106,076 86,193 14,261 1,348 73.83 22.82 18.54 3.07 0.29
1996 447,224 135,407 111,316 29,595 1,948 62.67 30.28 24.89 6.62 0.44
1997 459,123 125,428 100,351 18,142 1,484 68.41 27.32 21.86 3.95 0.32
1998 452,001 97,609 76,993 13,880 1,274 75.05 21.59 17.03 3.07 0.28
1999 453,814 118,153 100,762 26,543 2,048 67.66 26.04 22.20 5.85 0.45
2000 470,477 97,699 77,755 24,515 1,303 73.75 20.77 16.53 5.21 0.28
2001 529,940 109,367 92,872 19,891 975 75.42 20.64 17.53 3.75 0.18
2002 436,336 75,006 59,370 7,301 498 81.02 17.19 13.61 1.67 0.11
2003 552,109 82,900 66,453 8,341 847 83.32 15.02 12.04 1.51 0.15
2004 583,987 128,236 101,072 17,611 1,015 74.85 21.96 17.31 3.02 0.17
2005 594,924 143,316 122,637 25,084 1,809 71.39 24.09 20.61 4.22 0.30
2006 581,287 112,299 100,690 9,787 1,370 78.76 19.32 17.32 1.68 0.24
2007 621,559 150,144 128,259 15,777 1,200 73.11 24.16 20.64 2.54 0.19
2008 605,765 148,807 128,093 17,308 1,327 72.36 24.57 21.15 2.86 0.22
2009 532,339 108,656 91,069 12,430 1,263 77.02 20.41 17.11 2.33 0.24

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
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
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