Each year, aviation insights company FlightStats pulls together a list of the best and worst airlines based on their on-time performance.
The results are pulled from a total of 500 sources, Jim Herzel of FlightStats told Bloomberg, including airport data, airline records, and data from flight-tracking and radar services.
Below are the top 10 best international, major, regional, and low-cost airlines based on their 2016 arrival performance.
Top 10 Major Airlines
1. Alaska Airlines: on-time arrival (87 percent)
2. Delta Air Lines: on-time arrival (85.17 percent)
3. WestJet: on-time arrival (82.73 percent)
4. Southwest Airlines: on-time arrival (81.89 percent)
5. United Airlines: on-time arrival (81.83 percent)
6. American Airlines: on-time arrival (80.16 percent)
7. Frontier Airlines: on-time arrival (77.44 percent)
8. Virgin America: on-time arrival (77.33 percent)
9. JetBlue Airways: on-time arrival (76.33 percent)
10. Air Canada: on-time arrival ( 76.30 percent)
Top 10 Regional Airlines
1. Hawaiian Airlines: on-time arrival (91.14 percent)
2. WestJet Encore: on-time arrival (87.64 percent)
3. Horizon Air: on-time arrival (86.23 percent)
4. Endeavor Air: on-time arrival (84.88 percent)
5. Mesa Airlines: on-time arrival ( 84.19 percent)
6. SkyWest Airlines: on-time arrival (83.59 percent)
7. PSA Airlines: on-time arrival (82.4 percent)
8. Shuttle America: on-time arrival (81.96 percent)
9. ExpressJet: on-time arrival (81.93 percent)
10. Envoy Air: on-time arrival (81.45 percent)
Top 10 Low-cost Carriers
1. Iberia Express: on-time arrival (89.64 percent)
2. Air Baltic: on-time arrival (88.68 percent)
3. Solaseed Air: on-time arrival (85.9 percent)
4. Air Do: on time arrival (83.38 percent)
5. WestJet: on-time arrival (82.73 percent)
6. Southwest Airlines: on-time arrival (81.89 percent)
7. Norwegian Air: on-time arrival (80.6 percent)
8. Nok Air: on-time arrival (79.87 percent)
9. Niki: on-time arrival (77.62 percent)
10. Frontier Airlines: on-time arrival (77.44 percent)
Top 10 International Airlines
1. KLM: on-time arrival (88.53 percent)
2. Iberia: on-time arrival (88.18 percent)
3. JAL: on-time arrival (87.8 percent)
4. Qatar Airways: on-time arrival (86.34 percent)
5. Austrian: on-time arrival (85.74 percent)
6. ANA: on-time arrival (85.54 percent)
7. Singapore Airlines: on time arrival (85.54 percent)
8. Delta Air Lines: on time-arrival (85.17 percent)
9. TAM Linhas Aereas: on-time arrival (85.07 percent)
10. Qantas: on-time arrival (84.3 percent)
