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Here, our latest inductees into T+L’s flight-delay Hall of Fame and Shame. Although the overall percentage of delayed departures for most airlines is between 15 and 25 percent, at individual airports these figures can either skyrocket or plummet. So we’ve given you the least and most efficient combinations of airlines and airports. Also below: a look at the domestic flights with the worst on-time arrival records this year, and five other popular routes that are frequently delayed.

Best Carriers/Airports

1. Delta from Phoenix
% of flights departing late: 0.2
2. US Airways from Los Angeles
% of flights departing late: 0.4
3. Northwest from Salt Lake City
% of flights departing late: 0.4
4. Southwest from Seattle
% of flights departing late: 1.9
5. Hawaiian from Los Angeles
% of flights departing late: 2.2
6. SkyWest from Seattle
% of flights departing late: 2.3
7. Aloha Airlines from San Francisco
% of flights departing late: 2.5
8. Comair from Cincinnati
% of flights departing late: 4.2
9. Frontier from Washington Reagan
% of flights departing late: 6.2
10. American from Pittsburgh
% of flights departing late: 8.7

Worst Carriers/Airports

1. American Eagle from Philadelphia
% of flights departing late: 53.9
2. ExpressJet from Newark
% of flights departing late: 45.6
3. Atlantic Southeast from Detroit
% of flights departing late: 45.0
4. Mesa from Chicago O'Hare
% of flights departing late: 42.0
5. Alaska Airlines from Boston Logan
% of flights departing late: 39.8
6. AirTran from Newark
% of flights departing late: 39.3
7. Continental from Boston Logan
% of flights departing late: 36.3
8. JetBlue from Newark
% of flights departing late: 33.0
9. United from Chicago O'Hare
% of flights departing late: 32.4
10. ATA from New York LaGuardia
% of flights departing late: 31.5

Top Carrier Of the 50 best-performing flights for on-time arrivals over the past year, 48 are on Hawaiian Airlines. Two flights, No. 103 from Honolulu to Lihue and No. 104 from Lihue to Honolulu, have 100 percent on-time arrival records.

The Most-Delayed Flights

1. American Eagle Flight 4659
Route: Newark to Relaigh Durham
% of flights arriving late: 73.9
Average length of delay: 48.9 minutes

2. American Eagle Flight 4626
Route: Newark to Relaigh Durham
% of flights arriving late: 73.2
Average length of delay: 43.0 minutes

3. ExpressJet Flighht 3275
Route: Bangor, Maine, to Newark
% of flights arriving late: 69.5
Average length of delay: 45.6 minutes

4. Continental Flight 1190
Route: Newark to Boston Logan
% of flights arriving late: 69.5
Average length of delay: 53.7 minutes

5. AirTran Flight 579
Route: Newark to Atlanta
% of flights arriving late: 69.4
Average length of delay: 63.7 minutes

6. Continental Flight 1152
Route: Atlanta to Newark
% of flights arriving late: 68.2
Average length of delay: 55.9 minutes

7. Continental Flight 1186
Route: Chicago O'Hare to Newark
% of flights arriving late: 66.6
Average length of delay: 55.4 minutes

8. AirTran Flight 372
Route: Atlanta to New York LaGuardia
% of flights arriving late: 66.4
Average length of delay: 56.5 minutes

9. American Flight 1639
Route: New York JFK to San Juan
% of flights arriving late: 63.5
Average length of delay: 45.5 minutes

10. Continental Flight 1110
Route: Washington Reagan to Newark
% of flights arriving late: 62.0
Average length of delay: 43.4 minutes

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