February 10, 2006
NY airports post worst on-time record in US for 2005
Newark Airport had the country's highest percentage of late flights last year, helping to garner the New York City airspace the award as the worst overall, according to new figures from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The USA Today airline blog, Today in the Sky, explains the bad news: All three New York-area airports — JFK, LaGuardia and Newark — had the worst on-time arrival rates of the 33 largest U.S. airports included in the government's rankings. Newark saw the lowest percentage of on-time arrivals in 2005, with just 64.1% of flights landing within 15 minutes of their scheduled time for the year. Put another way, that means nearly four of every 10 flights landing at Newark were late. New York's two other metro-area airports also had a bad year for arrivals in 2005. JFK ranked No. 31 and LaGuardia was No. 32 in the on-time performance for the 33 biggest airports. Earlier: Air record: nearly 100 mln NY passengers in 2005
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February 10, 2006 03:50 PM in Arrivology
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