DOT releases airline delay list for August

The Transportation Department's on-time arrival ranking for US airlines

• By The Associated Press
• On 1:06 pm EDT, Tuesday October 6, 2009

The percentage of airline flights in August that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, according to the U.S. Transportation Department:

1. Hawaiian, 94.7 percent

2. Alaska, 85.8 percent

3. SkyWest, 84.4 percent

4. Frontier Airlines, 83.8

5. ExpressJet Airlines, 83.4

6. Southwest Airlines, 82.8 percent

7. Continental Airlines, 82.4 percent

8. US Airways, 81.4 percent

9. United Airlines, 80.1 percent

Average of all airlines, 79.7 percent

10. American Eagle, 79.6 percent

11. Mesa Airlines, 79.2 percent

12. Pinnacle Airlines, 79.2 percent

13. Delta Air Lines, 78.6 percent

14. American Airlines, 77.2 percent

15. JetBlue Airways, 76 percent

16. Northwest Airlines, 74.4 percent

17. AirTran, 74.2 percent

18. Atlantic Southeast Airlines, 69.5 percent

19. Comair, 65.9 percent

Source: DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics