The document provides an overview of the operational performance of major U.S. airlines in January 2013, including completion rates, on-time departure and arrival percentages. It highlights the top performing carriers and airports for January and includes individual carrier summaries showing metrics like completion rates, on-time performance and taxi times for carriers like AirTran Airways.
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4. Contents
Monthly Performance Report
U.S. Carriers, January 2013
Section Contents Slide
Introduction Methodology 5
Glossary of Terms Explanation of aviation terms used 6
Key Metrics January 2013 By Carrier, Rankings 8
Airport Summaries Top 5 Departures, Arrivals 11
Individual Carrier Metrics Summary & detail for individual carriers 13
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5. Introduction
Monthly Performance Report: January 2013
The masFlight Monthly Performance Report summarizes United States airline performance.
Differences from DOT ASQP (“On-Time”) Reports. We collect flight information for most scheduled
carriers, including both “mainline” hub-and-spoke airlines and their regional affiliates. DOT’s on-time
data reports differ from ours because:
(1) Some carriers are excluded from DOT reports. Only airline certificates with 1% or greater
share of scheduled-service domestic passenger revenue report on-time data to DOT. Many low
fare and regional carriers are therefore excluded. Our report captures most of these carriers.
(2) Our report includes international flights by U.S. carriers. DOT includes only domestic flight
operations in its report, since carriers do not report international flights.
(3) DOT reports on-time performance by operating carrier, not by marketing carrier. For
example, both United and Delta market regional flights that are operated by SkyWest. We report
performance by operating carrier (e.g. SkyWest as a discrete entity) and by marketing carrier.
(4) DOT reports focus on on-time arrivals only. We focus on three operational statistics.
“D15” performance is the percent of flights that depart the gate within 15 minutes of schedule.
“A14” performance is the percent that arrive at the destination gate within 14 minutes of schedule.
“CF” (or Completion Factor) is the percent of flights scheduled that arrive at their destination,
net of cancellations and non-completed diversions.
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6. Definitions
Terms Used
Italicized terms are the key definitions used
Term Definition
CF% (Completion Factor) The percent of flights scheduled that arrive at their destination
D0% Flights that depart from their origin by the scheduled departure time
D15% (On-Time Departures) Flights that depart from their origin within 15 minutes of the scheduled time
A0% Flights that arrive at their destination on or before scheduled arrival time
A14% (On-Time Arrivals) Flights that arrive at their destination within 14 minutes of schedule
Gate Turn Time The “on-gate” time between gate arrival and gate departure for a given aircraft
Scheduled Gate Turn Turn time defined by scheduled arrival to scheduled departure time
Actual Gate Turn Turn time defined by actual arrival to actual departure time
Taxi-Out Time Time from gate departure to runway takeoff
Taxi-In Time Time from runway landing to gate arrival
Ground Delay Program FAA delays for flights at departure airport for flights into a specific facility
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7. Key Metrics
U.S. Airline System Performance Metrics
January 2013
Departures Arrivals
U.S. Airline Tracked
Category Flights Completed On Schedule On-time On Schedule On-time
CF% D0% D15% A0% A14%
All U.S. Airlines 681,669 98.2% 64.2% 83.4% 62.2% 81.0%
Mainline Airlines 235,379 99.1% 65.9% 86.4% 66.3% 84.3%
Low Fare Airlines 145,771 99.6% 57.8% 83.7% 63.5% 83.8%
Regionals 300,519 96.8% 65.9% 80.9% 58.4% 77.1%
All U.S. Airlines include all U.S. carriers tracked by masFlight
Mainline Airlines include American, Alaska, Continental, Delta, Hawaiian, United, and US Airways
Low Fare Airlines include JetBlue, AirTran, Frontier, Spirit and Southwest
Regionals include Pinnacle, Colgan, Trans States, CommutAir, Compass, ASA, GoJet, PSA, American Eagle, Comair, SkyWest, Executive,
Piedmont, Horizon, Chautauqua, Shuttle America, ExpressJet, Cape Air (United), Mesaba, Mesa, Republic, Silver, and Air Wisconsin.
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8. Key Metrics
U.S. Carrier Summaries
January 2013
All Flights Mainline Only Regional Carriers
Airline Tracked CF% D15% A14% Tracked CF% D15% A14% Tracked CF% D15% A14%
American 107,379 97.7 81.9 79.2 57,722 98.1 81.7 80.4 49,657 97.4 82.1 77.8
Alaska 24,542 97.6 89.9 87.2 13,212 99.3 91.3 87.4 11,330 96.7 88.2 86.8
United 155,679 97.3 78.0 75.6 54,037 99.1 83.1 82.8 101,642 96.9 75.2 71.7
Delta 147,008 97.7 87.0 84.3 66,559 99.0 89.8 88.0 80,449 96.9 84.8 81.2
Frontier 7,454 98.8 76.3 70.4 6,356 99.5 77.1 72.1 1,098 97.6 71.3 60.6
US Airways 93,847 97.2 85.8 80.6 37,504 99.2 89.2 83.6 56,343 96.1 83.4 78.5
AirTran 16,495 99.5 93.1 89.5
JetBlue 22,580 99.6 81.0 79.2
Hawaiian 6,345 97.6 94.8 91.7
Southwest 89,159 99.3 83.5 85.4
Spirit 6,829 99.1 72.7 69.9
Virgin America 4,352 99.9 94.1 93.4
(a) Mainline flights marketed by Continental and United are operated by United
Includes flights to, from and within North America only
CF% = Completed Flights (not cancelled or diverted)
D15% = On-time Flight Departures
A14% = On-time Flight Arrivals
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9. Key Metrics
Top Ten Airlines by Marketing Carrier
January 2013
Rank Airline On-Time Arrival Percentage
1 Virgin America 93.4%
2 Hawaiian Airlines 91.7%
3 AirTran Airways 89.5%
4 Alaska Airlines 87.2%
5 Southwest Airlines 85.4%
6 Delta Airlines 84.3%
7 US Airways 80.6%
8 American Airlines 79.2%
8 JetBlue Airways 79.2%
10 United Airlines 75.6%
Arrivals at gate within 14 minutes of schedule (A14%)
Includes all flights marketed by the carrier: domestic, regional affiliate flying, and international operations.
Excludes codeshare flights operated by other airlines.
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10. Key Metrics
Top Ten Airlines by Operating Carrier
January 2013
Rank Airline On-Time Arrival Percentage
1 Virgin America 93.4%
2 Hawaiian Airlines 91.7%
3 AirTran Airways 89.5%
4 Delta Airlines 88.0%
5 Horizon Air 87.8%
6 Alaska Airlines 87.4%
7 Compass Airlines 85.9%
8 Executive Airlines 85.6%
8 Mesa Airlines 85.6%
10 Southwest Airlines 85.4%
Arrivals at gate within 14 minutes of schedule (A14%)
Includes all flights operated by each carrier, including domestic and international operations to/from North America.
Regional affiliate flying for different airlines is grouped under the regional airline.
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11. Best & Worst Airports: Departures
Best Performing Major Airports by Departure Performance
January 2013 (All Flights)
Airport Flights From: CF% D0% D15%
SEA Seattle/Tacoma 98.2% 64.8% 88.8%
SAN San Diego 98.4% 66.2% 88.6%
BOS Boston Logan 97.2% 69.9% 87.0%
PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor 99.6% 62.6% 86.8%
TPA Tampa 99.3% 68.4% 86.8%
Worst Performing Major Airports by Departure Performance
January 2013 (All Flights)
Airport Flights From: CF% D0% D15%
ORD Chicago O’Hare 97.0% 52.0% 74.1%
EWR Newark Liberty 96.7% 54.1% 74.9%
DEN Denver 98.0% 45.7% 75.0%
MDW Chicago Midway 98.2% 44.6% 76.2%
IAH George Bush Intercontinental 98.2% 49.5% 77.0%
For definitions, see notes at beginning of presentation.
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12. Best & Worst Airports: Arrivals
Best Performing Major Airports by Arrival Performance
January 2013 (All Flights)
Airport Flights To: A0% A14%
PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor 62.6% 86.8%
BWI Baltimore/Washington 67.2% 85.8%
ATL Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson 65.6% 85.4%
LAS Las Vegas McCarran 67.3% 85.4%
SEA Seattle/Tacoma 63.1% 84.8%
Worst Performing Major Airports by Arrival Performance
January 2013 (All Flights)
Airport Flights To: A0% A14%
EWR Newark Liberty 60.7% 74.3%
ORD Chicago O’Hare 58.1% 75.6%
CLE Cleveland Hopkins 55.5% 76.3%
FLL Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood 55.2% 76.5%
IAH George Bush Intercontinental 59.6% 77.1%
For definitions, see notes at beginning of presentation.
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