Hawaiian, Delta lead on-time rankings, Virgin America last
Here are the government's rankings of the leading U.S. airlines and their on-time performance for October. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives no more than 14 minutes behind schedule.
1. Hawaiian Airlines, 89.5 percent
2. Delta Air Lines 89.4 percent
3. Spirit Airlines, 87.1 percent
4. Alaska Airlines, 86.0 percent
5. United Airlines, 86.0 percent
6. American Airlines, 85.1 percent
7. Southwest Airlines, 84.6 percent
8. Frontier Airlines, 82.1 percent
9. SkyWest Airlines, 81.7 percent
10. ExpressJet, 80.6 percent
11. JetBlue Airways, 79.6 percent
12. Virgin America, 73.3 percent
Total for all covered airlines: 84.8 percent
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Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The report does not cover smaller airlines including Allegiant Air and some regional carriers.