{"id":596853,"date":"2023-01-12T13:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/these-u-s-airlines-and-airports-had-the-best-on-time-records-in-2022\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T13:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:51:58","slug":"these-u-s-airlines-and-airports-had-the-best-on-time-records-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/these-u-s-airlines-and-airports-had-the-best-on-time-records-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"These U.S. Airlines And Airports Had The Best On-Time Records In 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure role=\"presentation\"><figcaption>\n<p>Flying Delta out of Salt Lake City? Your odds are excellent for an on-time departure.<\/p>\n<p><small>getty<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><abbr>D<\/abbr>elta Air Lines is the most punctual carrier in North America, with 81.79% of flights leaving on-time in 2022, according to a new report from by OAG Aviation Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"top\" progressive ad-id=\"article-0-top\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta-based carrier\u2019s performance dropped from its 2019 ranking of 83.56%, which then was only good enough to earn a second-place spot in the pre-pandemic year.<\/p>\n<p>Alaska Airlines came in second place for 2022 with a 79.13% on-time performance, a drop from 2019 when an 81.49% OTP garnered the number 3 spot.<\/p>\n<p>Among the \u201cbig four\u201d airlines, both United Airlines and America Airlines have seen considerable moves upwards, with United climbing from ninth place in 2019 to third in 2022 with a 79.10% OTP , while American climbed from eighth to fourth place thanks to a 77.38%.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Delta also boasted the lowest cancellation rate, of 1.94%. Comparatively, the average cancellation rate among major U.S. airlines was 2.62% last year, with Allegiant Air having the highest rate at 4.43% of its flights canceled.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Performing U.S. Airports<\/h3>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"topx\" progressive ad-id=\"article-0-topx-1\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) was the most punctual airport in North America last year, with 83.59% of flights on-time, according to the report. Idaho\u2019s Boise Airport (BOI) is not far behind in second place, with an 82.92% on-time performance record last year.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top 10, a cluster of airports boast very similar performance records with between 80-81% of flights departing on-time, including Fresno Yosemite International Airport; Spokane International Airport; Tucson International Airport; Lihue Airport in Kauai, Hawaii; Portland International Airport; and Greenville\/Spartanburg International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Only two of the US\u2019s 20 busiest airports made it into the top 10 for on-time performance: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) in seventh place and Minneapolis\u2212Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) in tenth position. The average percentage of cancellations for this top tier is 1.64%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Follow me on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suzannerowankelleher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Check out\u00a0<\/span>my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@SRKelleher\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Send me a secure\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tip<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/suzannerowankelleher\/2023\/01\/11\/these-us-airlines-and-airports-have-the-best-on-time-records\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Suzanne Rowan Kelleher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flying Delta out of Salt Lake City? Your odds are excellent for an on-time departure.getty Delta Air Lines is the most punctual carrier in North America, with 81.79% of flights leaving on-time in 2022, according to a new report from by OAG Aviation Worldwide. The Atlanta-based carrier\u2019s performance dropped from its 2019 ranking of 83.56%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2305,43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-596853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airlines","8":"category-these"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}