Here are the government’s rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for March. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule.
1. Hawaiian Airlines, 87.3 percent
2. Alaska Airlines, 85.6 percent
3. Delta Air Lines, 84.0 percent
4. SkyWest, 82.5 percent
5. Southwest Airlines, 80.0 percent
6. US Airways, 79.1 percent
7. Virgin America, 78.9 percent
8. United Airlines, 78.2 percent
9. ExpressJet, 76.2 percent
10. American Airlines, 75.4 percent
11. Spirit Airlines, 73.9 percent
12. JetBlue Airways, 71.5 percent
13. Envoy Air, 67.8 percent
14. Frontier Airlines, 65.2 percent
Total for all reporting airlines: 78.7 percent
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The department also reported American and US Airways together as 77.0 percent. Both airlines and Envoy Air are owned by American Airlines Group Inc.
