The federal government counts a flight as on-time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule. Here are the government’s rankings of the 14 leading airlines and their on-time performance in April:
1. Hawaiian Airlines, 94.0 per cent
2. Alaska Airlines, 90.3 per cent
3. Virgin America, 86.5 per cent
4. Delta Air Lines, 85.2 per cent
5. AirTran Airways, 84.6 per cent (asterisk)
6. US Airways, 83.3 per cent (asterisk)(asterisk)
7. American Airlines, 82.3 per cent (asterisk)(asterisk)
8. United Airlines, 81.8 per cent
9. SkyWest, 80.9 per cent
10. Frontier Airlines, 79.7 per cent
11. JetBlue Airways, 77.4 per cent
12. Envoy, 75.2 per cent (asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)
13. Southwest Airlines, 74.2 per cent (asterisk)
14. ExpressJet, 74.2 per cent
Total for all reporting airlines: 79.6 per cent
(asterisk) owned by Southwest Airlines Co.
(asterisk)(asterisk) owned by American Airlines Group Inc.
(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) formerly American Eagle
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
