Airlines improve on-time arrival rate The nation's largest airlines posted a higher on-time arrivals rate in September than in August or in September 2008, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation report issued Monday. ...more

November 10, 2009

Tampa International Airport ranked 10th in on-time departure performance and 16th in on-time arrivals in November in a ranking of the nation's 23 major airports by the U.S. Department of Transportation. ...more

January 15, 2009

Tampa International Airport ranked 10th in on-time departure performance and 16th on on-time arrivals performance in November in a ranking of the nation's 23 major airports by the U.S. Department of Transportation. ...more

January 14, 2009

Tampa International continued to rank among the nation's best major airports in flight performance, ranking seventh nationwide in September with 90 percent of flights leaving within 15 minutes of schedule, a U.S. Department of Transportation report released today said. ...more

November 7, 2008

On a recent rainy day at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a suitcase bound for Colorado Springs, Colo., lay on the ground outside a terminal under a maze of American Airlines conveyor belts that ferry bags to and from nearby planes. ...more

September 20, 2008

Domestic airlines' on-time arrival rate improved in April despite more than 3,900 flights canceled by American Airlines, according to government data released Wednesday. ...more

June 5, 2008

Flights in the United States were late more than 26 percent of the time last year, a slightly better performance than in 2000, when airlines were tardy 27.4 percent of the time. The federal government began collecting airlines on-time data in 1995. ...more

February 6, 2008

sort of. Airlines are improving their on-time arrival rates, largely because the weather has improved. However, the airline industry's on-time performance so far in 2007 remained the worst in 12 years, according to government data released Monday. ...more

November 6, 2007

Travelers were less likely to be stuck on a delayed flight in September, but the airline industry's on-time performance so far in 2007 remained the worst in 13 years, according to government data released Monday. ...more

November 6, 2007

With one in four domestic flights arriving late this year, the airline industry is hearing from passengers and the government that patience is wearing thin. ...more

October 4, 2007