Denver International Airport ranked No. 4 for on-time arrival performance among major airports in September, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics today.
That’s up from the No. 11 spot in September 2006. About 85.7 percent of flights arrived on time at DIA this September, up from 80.5 percent in the year-ago month.
But for the year through September, DIA fell to the No. 12 ranking for on-time arrivals, from No. 6 in the same period of 2006.
The top airport for on-time arrivals in September was Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
For U.S. airlines across the nation, 81.7 percent of flights were on time in September, an improvement over the same month of 2006. But after a summer of delays, airline on-time arrival performance for the year through September was the worst in 13 years.
Kelly Yamanouchi: 303-954-1488 or kyamanouchi@denverpost.com
