Published: January 2017

On-time performance results
for airlines and airports

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 OAG Punctuality League – Annual on-time performance results for airlines and airports

Contents
Foreword 3
About the Punctuality League 

4

Qualifying criteria 

5

Top Airlines
 

– All 

6

 

– Mainline category 

8

 

– LCC category 

9

Airlines by region 
 

– Asia Pacific 

10

 – Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 

11

 – Latin America 

12

 – North America 

13

Airports

2

 

– Small category: 2.5–5m seats 

14

 

– Medium category: 5–10m seats 

16

 

– Large category: 10–20m seats 

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– Major category: 20m> seats 

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 Foreword
Every year aviation records are broken and 2016 was no exception.
Technological advances have resulted in sectors of up to seventeen hours being operated on a
non-stop basis stretching operational requirements and passenger logistics to new levels.
Long-haul low-cost services have expanded across the Atlantic and are likely to recommence
from Asia to Europe in 2017. Introduction of the A320 NEO and B737 Max are already
stimulating longer-haul low-cost operations and capacity growth is already being stimulated in
many previously mature markets.
Record passenger volumes, record industry profit margins, new city pairs, new airlines and
recovering markets all make for exciting times.
Connectivity between city pairs is also breaking new records as airlines continue to develop their
hub operations and the confidence of the self-connecting passenger also grows along with the
availability of new accommodation booking products, such as Airbnb.
One of the few constants in our dynamic industry is the need for travellers to arrive at their
destination or connecting airport on time. The 2016 OAG Punctuality League highlights just how
successful we are at delivering on this key performance indicator. Whether it is a seventeen hour
long-haul service or a one-hour connecting flight to a hub, the accuracy of both scheduling the
service and delivering the stated on-time performance is incredible; especially when compared
to so many other forms of transport.
This year’s report draws upon the largest ever number of flights tracked in a single year. Those
airlines and airports that have achieved the highest levels of success are rightly acknowledged
and deserve our recognition. But equally, congratulations must go to all airlines and airports that
strive to make on-time performance integral to their business success.
In 2017, the industry will fly more people than ever before, fly further than ever before and it will,
we hope, be as profitable as the last few years. On-time performance will also continue to be
crucial to that success and at OAG we look forward to reporting on a record-breaking year for
on-time performance in 2017.
With best wishes for 2017,
John Grant
OAG

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 OAG Punctuality League – Annual on-time performance results for airlines and airports

About the Punctuality League
The league is based on approximately 54 million flight records using full-year data
from 2016 to showcase the best performers in an expanded range of categories.
This year OAG has redefined the airport categories to recognise a broader range of
airports. To qualify for inclusion in the OAG Punctuality League, the OAG schedules
database must have data for at least 80% of all scheduled flights operated by an
airline or for an airport.

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• 

OAG’s definition of on-time performance (OTP) is a flight that arrives or departs
within 14 minutes and 59 seconds (under 15 minutes) of its scheduled arrival/
departure time.

• 

Cancellations are also included.

• 

The minimum threshold for airports is 2.5m one-way seats. Airports include
arriving and departing OTP.

• 

The minimum threshold for airlines is the Top 200 by annual Available Seat
Kilometres (ASKs). Airline OTP is for arrivals only.

• 

In this report, a ‘record’ is defined as a flight for which we either have a ‘code’,
or an actual time of arrival (and departure in the case of airports), and this year
includes cancelled services.

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 Qualifying criteria
Category definitions
The OAG Punctuality League presents on-time performance data as a series of tables based
on a range of Airport and Airline categories. To qualify for inclusion in the OAG Punctuality
League, OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated by
an airline and for an airport regardless of geographic region. OTP data is not included for
other categories of flights, such as charter or non-passenger operations. Queries regarding
inclusion and content should be sent to pl@oag.com.

Airport categories
As defined by the number of departing scheduled seats in 2016:
• Small airports – 2.5-5 million seats  

• Medium airports – 5-10 million seats

• Large airports – 10-20 million seats 

• Major airports – over 20 million seats

OAG has added a category in 2016 which effectively splits the smallest category used in
previous years into two. This is in recognition of the number of airports in operation holding
between 2.5 million and 10 million seats.

Airline categories
• All airlines
• Mainline airlines (i.e. excluding low-cost carriers)
Mainline airlines must have been ranked among the Top 200 operators globally in terms
of Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) in 2016 and must have operated more than 30,000
scheduled flights in 2016.
• Low-cost carriers
Low-cost carriers (LCC) must have ranked among the Top 200 operators globally in terms
of Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) in 2016 and operated at least 30,000 scheduled flights
in 2016. The OAG LCC list was refreshed earlier this year and is determined by our industry
knowledge, supplemented by carrier feedback and consultation with industry partners.
• Airlines based in regions
There are four regional categories which rank the best airlines, mainline and LCC, operating
in each of the IATA-defined global regions. In each category, airlines must have operated a
minimum of 18,000 scheduled flights in 2016 to qualify for inclusion.
– Asia and Southwest Pacific
– Europe, the Middle East and Africa
– Latin America
– North America

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 OAG Punctuality League – Annual on-time performance results for airlines and airports

Top airlines: all
Table 1: Top 20 airlines by OTP
Airline

Rank

Coverage

1

99.5%

Hawaiian Airlines

HA

89.87%

2

99.1%

Copa Airlines

CM

88.75%

3

99.5%

KLM

KL

87.89%

4

94.5%

Qantas Airways

QF

87.56%

5

99.7%

Japan Airlines

JL

86.74%

6

80.0%

Flybe

BE

86.62%

7

98.6%

Alaska Airlines

AS

86.05%

8

97.2%

Iberia

IB

85.67%

9

82.7%

Monarch Airlines

ZB

85.67%

10

99.1%

Singapore Airlines

SQ

85.19%

11

99.1%

Austrian Airlines

OS

84.89%

12

96.6%

All Nippon Airways

NH

84.71%

13

96.2%

GOL

G3

84.63%

14

95.9%

Virgin Australia

VA

84.52%

15

99.5%

Delta Air Lines

DL

84.29%

16

98.8%

Finnair

AY

84.12%

17

86.8%

Transavia

HV

83.98%

18

90.5%

Aer Lingus

EI

83.97%

19

99.0%

Gulf Air

GF

82.70%

20

89.4%

Jet2.com

LS

82.64%

Name

OTP 2016

Code

* OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated by an airline

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 The best airline in the world for on-time performance in 2016 was Hawaiian Airlines with
OTP of 89.87%. Hawaiian improved its position significantly, moving up from 9th place in
2015 to 1st place in 2016.
Copa Airlines repeated its 2nd place ranking of 2015 with OTP of 88.75% in 2016. Closely
behind, in 3rd place, is KLM with OTP of 87.89%, moving up the ranking from 12th place in
2015.
The largest airline featuring among the Top 20 airlines worldwide for OTP is Delta Air Lines,
which operated the second largest number of flights of any airline in 2016. For an airline
of this size, the fact that over 84% of all flights arrived on time over a year is a remarkable
achievement.
Among the Top 20 airlines, there are four LCCs: Monarch, is the highest ranked of these in
ninth place with OTP of 85.67%. GOL, Transavia and Jet2 are the other leading LCCs for
OTP.

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 OAG Punctuality League – Annual on-time performance results for airlines and airports

Top airlines: mainline category
Table 2: Top 20 mainline airlines by OTP
Airline

Rank

Coverage

1

99.5%

Hawaiian Airlines

HA

89.87%

2

99.1%

Copa Airlines

CM

88.75%

3

99.5%

KLM

KL

87.89%

4

94.5%

Qantas Airways

QF

87.56%

5

99.7%

Japan Airlines

JL

86.74%

6

80.0%

Flybe

BE

86.62%

7

98.6%

Alaska Airlines

AS

86.05%

8

97.2%

Iberia

IB

85.67%

9

99.1%

Singapore Airlines

SQ

85.19%

10

99.1%

Austrian Airlines

OS

84.89%

11

96.6%

All Nippon Airways

NH

84.71%

12

95.9%

Virgin Australia

VA

84.52%

13

99.5%

Delta Air Lines

DL

84.29%

14

98.8%

Finnair

AY

84.12%

15

90.5%

Aer Lingus

EI

83.97%

16

99.0%

Gulf Air

GF

82.70%

17

99.6%

Lufthansa

LH

82.37%

18

96.4%

Avianca Brazil

O6

82.30%

19

98.5%

Aerolineas Argentinas

AR

81.96%

20

90.3%

Aegean Airlines

A3

81.96%

Name

OTP 2016

Code

* OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated by an airline

Compared to 2015, there are eight new entrants to this category in 2016. The Top 20
mainline airlines category now includes eight from Europe, six from the Americas, five from
Asia Pacific and one Middle East airline.
The list of Top 20 mainline carriers closely resembles the Top 20 global ranking, although
Lufthansa, Avianca Brazil, Aerolineas Argentinas and Aegean Airlines join the mainline
category.

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 Top airlines: LCC category
Table 3: Top 20 LCC airlines by OTP
Airline

Rank

Coverage

1

82.7%

Monarch Airlines

ZB

85.67%

2

96.2%

GOL

G3

84.63%

3

86.8%

Transavia

HV

83.98%

4

89.4%

Jet2.com

LS

82.64%

5

90.7%

germanwings

4U

82.48%

6

99.4%

Westjet

WS

81.36%

7

99.4%

Southwest

WN

81.04%

8

85.1%

Norwegian Air Shuttle

DY

79.23%

9

82.7%

Thai AirAsia

FD

78.60%

10

90.9%

Skymark Airlines

BC

78.32%

11

90.0%

Eurowings

EW

77.88%

12

99.3%

Frontier Airlines

F9

76.70%

13

98.4%

Virgin America

VX

76.40%

14

98.0%

IndiGo Air

6E

75.27%

15

99.4%

JetBlue

B6

75.26%

16

97.5%

easyJet

U2

74.73%

17

97.0%

Spring Airlines

9C

74.50%

18

99.8%

Spirit Airlines

NK

73.92%

19

98.6%

Jetstar Airways

JQ

73.66%

20

93.5%

AirAsia

AK

73.52%

Name

OTP 2016

Code

* OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated by an airline

UK-based leisure airline, Monarch, is ranked 1st among Top LCCs for on-time performance,
having achieved OTP of 85.67% in 2016, although the airline is ranked 9th amongst all
airlines. Monarch was previously categorised as a mainline carrier and subsequently
appeared in the mainline rankings last year, however it now fits into OAG’s LCC
classification.
Three low-cost airlines are new to the Top 20; Spring Airlines, Eurowings and Spirit
Airlines.
Southwest, the largest LCC in the world, is ranked 7th with an OTP of 81.04%.

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Airlines by region
Asia Pacific

Table 4: Top Asia Pacific airlines by OTP*
Airline

Rank

Coverage

1

94.5%

Qantas Airways

QF

87.56%

2

99.7%

Japan Airlines

JL

86.74%

3

99.1%

Singapore Airlines

SQ

85.19%

4

96.6%

All Nippon Airways

NH

84.71%

5

95.9%

Virgin Australia

VA

84.52%

6

96.7%

Fiji Airways

FJ

81.77%

7

98.1%

SilkAir

MI

81.28%

8

94.2%

Air New Zealand

NZ

79.20%

9

82.7%

Thai AirAsia

FD

78.60%

10

90.9%

Skymark Airlines

BC

78.32%

Name

OTP 2016

Code

* Regions are defined by IATA and OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated
by an airline. Airlines must also have operated a minimum of 18,000 flights in 2016 to quality for regional ranking.

Qantas is the most punctual airline in the region this year, improving from 4th place last year
with OTP of 87.56%.
Japan Airlines, the 2014 and 2015 winner, continues to maintain consistently high
standards, ranking 2nd in 2016 with OTP of 86.74%.
Among the Top 10 Asia Pacific airlines for OTP, All Nippon Airways operated the highest
number of flights in 2016. Although there are other Asia Pacific airlines which are bigger,
none had a high enough OTP to make it onto the Top 10 list.

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 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
Table 5: Top EMEA airlines by OTP*

Airline

Rank

Coverage

1

99.5%

KLM

KL

87.89%

2

80.0%

Flybe

BE

86.62%

3

97.2%

Iberia

IB

85.67%

4

82.7%

Monarch Airlines

ZB

85.67%

5

99.1%

Austrian Airlines

OS

84.89%

6

98.8%

Finnair

AY

84.12%

7

86.8%

Transavia

HV

83.98%

8

90.5%

Aer Lingus

EI

83.97%

9

99.0%

Gulf Air

GF

82.70%

10

89.4%

Jet2.com

LS

82.64%

Name

OTP 2016

Code

* Regions are defined by IATA and OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated
by an airline. Airlines must also have operated a minimum of 18,000 flights in 2016 to quality for regional ranking.

KLM takes top spot in the rankings for OTP in EMEA in 2016 with the highest OTP being
87.89%, up from 5th place last year. This is a significant achievement given its size and
complexity of operations.
Four airlines in the region achieved OTP of more than 85% but none succeeded in achieving
OTP of over 90%.
Qatar Airlines narrowly missed the Punctuality League this year, being just below the
coverage threshold, whilst Emirates did make the criteria but didn’t make the Top 10. Lastly,
Etihad’s coverage is currently too low for inclusion in the Punctuality League.

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Latin America

Table 6: Top Latin American airlines by OTP*
Airline

Rank

Coverage

1

89.8%

Sky Airline

H2

91.13%

2

99.1%

Copa Airlines

CM

88.75%

3

96.2%

GOL

G3

84.63%

4

96.4%

Avianca Brazil

O6

82.30%

5

98.5%

Aerolineas Argentinas

AR

81.96%

6

98.0%

Avianca

AV

78.34%

7

95.1%

Caribbean Airlines

BW

76.08%

8

98.1%

Aeromexico

AM

74.50%

Name

OTP 2016

Code

* Regions are defined by IATA and OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated
by an airline. Airlines must also have operated a minimum of 18,000 flights in 2016 to quality for regional ranking.

The Punctuality League 2016 includes eight airlines based in Latin America which meet the
qualifying criteria.
At the top of the rankings is Sky Airline with OTP of 91.13%. Sky Airline is the only airline in
Latin America to achieve OTP of over 90%.
Copa Airlines narrowly misses the top spot, appearing in second place in the region with
OTP of 88.75%.
Low-cost airline Gol, the largest airline in Latin America in terms of flights operated in 2016,
is ranked 3rd with OTP of 84.63%.
Following the merger of Lan Airlines (LA) and TAM (JJ) and the complexity involved in the
data flows, we are unable to fully and fairly represent OTP for these LATAM group carriers in
the 2016 Punctuality League. We look forward to including their results in 2017.

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 North America

Table 7: Top North American airlines by OTP*
Airline

Rank

Coverage

1

99.5%

Hawaiian Airlines

HA

89.87%

2

98.6%

Alaska Airlines

AS

86.05%

3

99.5%

Delta Air Lines

DL

84.29%

4

99.4%

Westjet

WS

81.36%

5

99.4%

Southwest

WN

81.04%

6

99.3%

United Airlines

UA

80.01%

7

98.3%

Sun Country

SY

79.14%

8

99.8%

American Airlines

AA

78.44%

9

99.3%

Frontier Airlines

F9

76.70%

10

98.4%

Virgin America

VX

76.40%

Name

OTP 2016

Code

* Regions are defined by IATA and OAG must have received data for at least 80% of scheduled flights operated
by an airline. Airlines must also have operated a minimum of 18,000 flights in 2016 to quality for regional ranking.

Hawaiian Airlines retains the top spot in North America, improving on last year’s OTP.
Alaska Airlines is placed 2nd in the Punctuality League in North America with OTP of
86.05%. Virgin America, recently acquired by Alaska Airlines, comes further down the list
in 10th place with 76.40%.
Delta Air Lines makes it into 3rd place, a significant achievement for a US major carrier, with
OTP of 84.29%.
Westjet is the highest ranked LCC in North America for OTP with 81.36% of flights arriving
on-time in 2016.

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Airports: small category

2.5–5m departing seats per annum
Table 8: Top 20 small airports by OTP

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Airport

Rank

Coverage

1

96.7%

Newcastle

NCL

90.94%

2

94.0%

Anchorage

ANC

89.52%

3

95.5%

Brussels South Charleroi

CRL

88.65%

4

98.5%

Trondheim

TRD

88.00%

5

97.9%

Stavanger

SVG

87.95%

6

97.5%

Hannover

HAJ

87.89%

7

87.9%

Cairns

CNS

87.23%

8

98.1%

Bergen

BGO

87.21%

9

91.9%

Curitiba

CWB

86.77%

10

87.6%

Durban

DUR

86.03%

11

92.5%

Porto Alegre

POA

85.91%

12

89.8%

Edmonton

YEG

85.79%

13

94.6%

San Salvador

SAL

85.58%

14

98.7%

Liverpool

LPL

85.44%

15

92.8%

Recife

REC

85.26%

16

97.4%

Tenerife North

TFN

84.98%

17

92.1%

Fortaleza

FOR

84.92%

18

90.1%

Guayaquil

GYE

84.22%

19

93.6%

Salvador

SSA

84.01%

20

93.2%

Cartagena

CTG

82.99%

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 Among the Top 20 Small Airports, 86.6% of arriving and departing flights were operated
under 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival and departure times in 2016. The data coverage
for these airports was 93.9%.
Heading the rankings of Small Airports is Newcastle (NCL) in the UK, which is one of only
three airports in the world which managed to achieve OTP above 90% through the course of
2016. Newcastle is new to the Top 20 in 2016 due to the expansion of the qualifying criteria
including a minimum of 3 million to 2.5 million departing seats.
Anchorage (ANC) in the United States achieved second place in the rankings for Small
Airports, having ranked outside the Top 20 Small Airports last year. With OTP at Anchorage
just below 90%, almost nine of every ten flights at the airport were on time in 2016. Brussels
South Charleroi (CRL) maintained its standing amongst the Top 3 this year and was ranked
3rd (ranked 2nd in 2015).
Norwegian airports performed well with the Avinor operated airports of Trondheim (TRD),
Stavanger (SVG) and Bergen (BGO) all ranking within the Top 10 Small Airports in 2016.
Cairns (CNS) is the only Asia Pacific airport ranked in the Top 10 Small Airports. New to the
rankings last year, Cairns has improved its ranking to come in at 7th place.
Eight of the Top 20 Small Airports are located in Latin America, with five in Brazil – Curitiba
(CWB), Porto Alegre (POA), Recife (REC), Fortaleza (FOR) and Salvador (SSA).

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Airports: medium category

5–10m departing seats per annum
Table 9: Top 20 medium airports by OTP

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Airport

Rank

Coverage

1

97.1%

Birmingham

BHX

91.28%

2

94.4%

Osaka

ITM

89.68%

3

95.7%

Panama City

PTY

89.56%

4

85.4%

Belo Horizonte

CNF

88.49%

5

97.2%

Cologne Bonn

CGN

88.27%

6

87.8%

Cape Town

CPT

86.06%

7

96.7%

Milan Bergamo

BGY

85.87%

8

92.8%

Perth

PER

85.86%

9

82.0%

Bahrain

BAH

85.49%

10

96.3%

Adelaide

ADL

84.90%

11

99.1%

Milan Linate

LIN

84.62%

12

99.6%

Santa Ana

SNA

84.50%

13

96.3%

Berlin Schoenefeld

SXF

84.20%

14

91.2%

Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont

SDU

83.72%

15

97.0%

San Antonio

SAT

82.98%

16

99.5%

Kansas City

MCI

82.53%

17

96.8%

Calgary

YYC

82.41%

18

98.0%

Stuttgart

STR

82.38%

19

87.7%

Antalya

AYT

82.34%

20

99.0%

San Jose

SJC

82.30%

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Code

 The average on-time performance in 2016 among the Top 20 Medium Airports was 85.4%,
meaning this percentage of arriving and departing flights operated under 15 minutes of their
scheduled arrival and departure times. The average data coverage for these 20 airports was
94.7%.
In the top spot this year is Birmingham (BHX) with on-time performance of 91.28%. It is one
of only three airports in this category to achieve OTP of over 90%.
Osaka (ITM) is ranked second with OTP of 89.68% while Panama City (PTY) is third with
OTP of 89.56%.
The Top 20 Airports in the Medium Category are spread across the globe with Birmingham
ranked highest in Europe; Osaka which is the highest-placed airport in Asia Pacific; Panama
City is the highest-ranked airport in Latin America; Cape Town (CPT) is top in Africa,
Bahrain (BAH) is the highest-placed airport in the Middle East, and Santa Ana (SNA) ranks
first in North America.
The OAG Punctuality League welcomes Cape Town as a new entrant as coverage of flight
status has improved to the point where the airport can be included. It is ranked in 6th place.

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Airports: large category

10–20m departing seats per annum
Table 10: Top 20 large airports by OTP

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Airport

Rank

Coverage

1

80.8%

Surabaya

SUB

90.30%

2

82.7%

Honolulu

HNL

87.53%

3

98.6%

Salt Lake City

SLC

87.20%

4

91.4%

Brasilia

BSB

87.07%

5

96.1%

Brisbane

BNE

86.71%

6

90.5%

São Paulo-Congonhas

CGH

85.40%

7

95.8%

Portland

PDX

85.19%

8

84.5%

Johannesburg

JNB

84.32%

9

97.2%

Athens

ATH

83.64%

10

92.6%

Copenhagen

CPH

83.12%

11

81.9%

Santiago

SCL

83.07%

12

91.7%

Rio de Janeiro

GIG

82.96%

13

99.3%

San Diego

SAN

82.60%

14

98.4%

Helsinki

HEL

82.04%

15

92.8%

Tampa

TPA

81.64%

16

83.0%

Vancouver

YVR

81.59%

17

98.6%

Oslo

OSL

81.41%

18

98.8%

Baltimore Washington

BWI

81.37%

19

98.3%

Chicago Midway

MDW

81.33%

20

92.0%

Vienna

VIE

81.28%

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OTP 2016

Code

 The Top 20 airports in the Large Airport category ensured that 83.9% of arriving and
departing flights operated under 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival and departure times in
2016.
The average data coverage for these airports was 92.6%.
Indonesian airport Surabaya (SUB) is ranked first among the Top 20 airports in this category
and is the only airport with on-time performance above 90%. The OAG Punctuality League
welcomes Surabaya following improvements in flight status coverage.
Honolulu (HNL) takes second place with OTP of 87.53%, climbing up the rankings from 8th
place.
In third place is Salt Lake City (SLC), an improvement on its 2015 ranking of 5th place,
and an excellent achievement for an airport with significant annual snowfall, showing that
inclement weather does not need to be an obstacle to delivering great performance when it
comes to sticking to a schedule.
North American airports make their mark in the category with an impressive eight airports
featuring among the Top 20 – Honolulu (HNL), Salt Lake City (SLC), Portland (PDX),
San Diego (SAN), Tampa (TPA), Vancouver (YVR), Baltimore Washington (BWI), and
Chicago Midway (MDW).

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Airports: major category

>20m departing seats per annum
Table 11: Top 20 major airports by OTP

20

Airport

Rank

Coverage

1

84.4%

Tokyo Haneda

HND

87.49%

2

94.4%

Sao Paulo Guarulhos

GRU

85.28%

3

99.5%

Detroit

DTW

84.64%

4

99.6%

Atlanta

ATL

84.57%

5

99.1%

Minneapolis

MSP

84.46%

6

98.9%

Seattle

SEA

83.74%

7

93.3%

Moscow Sheremetyevo

SVO

83.52%

8

96.1%

Singapore Changi

SIN

83.49%

9

98.9%

Munich

MUC

82.85%

10

99.0%

Phoenix

PHX

82.82%

11

99.4%

Charlotte

CLT

82.36%

12

98.6%

Houston

IAH

82.21%

13

96.2%

Sydney

SYD

81.81%

14

98.1%

Denver

DEN

81.21%

15

98.3%

Frankfurt

FRA

81.17%

16

97.4%

Madrid

MAD

80.93%

17

99.0%

Dallas/Fort Worth

DFW

80.16%

18

95.3%

Orlando

MCO

80.12%

19

98.4%

Las Vegas

LAS

80.11%

20

98.1%

Amsterdam

AMS

79.77%

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 Haneda (HND) in Tokyo tops the ranking for Major Airports for the second year in a row, a
remarkable feat for one of the largest airports in the world. In 2016, Haneda was the world’s
4th largest in terms of seat capacity and 10th for the number of flights handled. This shows
that size alone is no impediment to great on-time performance and helping passengers reach
their destination as planned.
Ranked number two among Major Airports is Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) in Brazil. In
2016 the number of flights handled by the airport fell by 10%, possibly making the task of
handling flights on time somewhat easier, but still a significant achievement.
Among the Top 20 Major Airports for on-time performance were 11 US airports of which
Detroit (DTW) had the best OTP at 84.64% and is ranked 3rd. Ranked in 4th and 6th place,
respectively, are Atlanta and Seattle which, along with Detroit, are all hubs for Delta Air
Lines.
Capacity at Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) has grown and so the airport has moved up a
category and this year takes 7th place among Major Airports with on-time performance of
83.52%.
Of the Major Airports in Asia Pacific, Singapore Changi (SIN) achieved the best OTP,
ranked 8th, down one place from 2015.

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98%

99%

94%

81%

89%

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