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3. Contents"
Monthly Performance Report
U.S. Carriers, July 2012"
Section" Contents" Slide"
Introduction! Methodology! 4!
Glossary of Terms! Explanation of aviation terms used! 5!
Key Metrics! July 2012 By Carrier, Rankings! 6!
Airport Summaries! Top 5 Departures, Arrivals! 10!
Airport Deep-Dive of the Month! Analysis for MCO! 12!
Market Profile of the Month! LA Basin to Las Vegas! 14!
Individual Carrier Metrics! Summary & detail for individual carriers! 16!
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4. Introduction"
Monthly Performance Report: July 2012"
The masFlight Monthly Performance Report summarizes United States airline performance. !
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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:!
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(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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5. 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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6. Key Metrics"
U.S. Airline System Performance Metrics
July 2012!
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" 767,926! 98.2! 57.9! 78.4" 57.5! 76.7"
Mainline Airlines! 260,981! 98.9! 57.6! 79.2" 58.8! 77.5"
Low Fare Airlines! 168,480! 99.5! 50.7! 77.7" 55.5! 77.2"
Regionals ! 338,465! 97.1! 61.8! 78.1" 57.4! 75.7"
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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7. Key Metrics"
U.S. Carrier Summaries
July 2012!
All Flights! Mainline Only! Regional Carriers!
Airline" Tracked" CF%" D15%" A14%" Tracked" CF%" D15%" A14%" Tracked" CF%" D15%" A14%"
American" 109,904" 97.8! 80.1! 78.3" 57,916" 98.6! 80.4! 78.0" 51,988" 96.8! 79.8! 78.6"
Alaska" 26,448" 99.3! 90.8! 90.2" 14,825" 99.7! 89.7! 88.3" 11,623" 98.9! 92.2! 92.5"
United" 178,971" 97.3! 69.2! 68.5" 64,100" 98.0! 65.6! 66.3" 114,871" 96.9! 71.3! 69.8"
Delta" 175,069" 98.1! 81.7! 79.5" 77,699" 99.5! 82.1! 80.5" 97,370" 97.0! 81.4! 78.7"
Frontier" 10,475" 99.7! 81.4! 76.1" 7,652" 99.8! 81.3! 76.8" 2,823" 99.5! 81.5! 74.1"
US Airways" 99,091" 98.1! 83.1! 78.5" 39,301" 99.2! 87.3! 82.8" 59,790" 97.3! 80.2! 75.6"
AirTran" 21,316" 99.4! 84.4! 78.2"
JetBlue" 24,617" 99.4! 78.3! 75.8"
Hawaiian" 7,140" 99.9! 91.8! 89.0"
Southwest" 102,299" 99.4! 76.2! 77.9"
Spirit" 7,390" 99.9! 68.6! 65.9"
Virgin America" 5,206" 99.9! 83.8! 83.0"
(a) Mainline flights marketed by Continental and United are operated by United"
Includes flights to, from and within North America only
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CF% = Completed Flights (not cancelled or diverted)!
D15% = On-time Flight Departures!
A14% = On-time Flight Arrivals!
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8. Key Metrics"
Top Ten Airlines by Marketing Carrier
July 2012!
Rank! Airline! On-Time Arrival Percentage!
1! Alaska Airlines! 90.2%!
2! Hawaiian Airlines! 89.0%!
3! Virgin America! 83.0%!
4! Delta Airlines! 79.5%!
5! US Airways! 78.5%!
6! American Airlines! 78.3%!
7! AirTran Airways! 78.2%!
8! Southwest Airlines! 77.9%!
9! Frontier Airlines! 76.1%!
10! JetBlue Airways! 75.8%!
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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9. Key Metrics"
Top Ten Airlines by Operating Carrier
July 2012!
Rank! Airline! On-Time Arrival Percentage!
1! Horizon Air! 93.1%!
2! Hawaiian Airlines! 89.0%!
3! Alaska Airlines! 88.3%!
4! Compass Airlines! 84.9%!
5! Virgin America! 83.0%!
6! Executive Airlines! 82.9%!
7! US Airways! 82.8%!
8! Mesa! 81.4%!
9! SkyWest! 80.8%!
10 ! Delta Airlines! 80.5%!
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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10. Best & Worst Airports: Departures"
Best Performing Major Airports by Departure Performance
July 2012 (All Flights)!
Airport" Flights From:" CF%" D0%" D15%"
SLC" Salt Lake City Int’l! 99.6%! 70.2%! 88.0%"
SEA" Seattle/Tacoma Int’l! 99.4%! 63.8%! 86.7%"
MSP" Minneapolis/St. Paul! 99.1%! 69.2%! 84.0%"
SAN" San Diego! 99.0%! 59.4%! 83.3%"
PHX" Phoenix Sky Harbor! 99.6%! 58.9%! 82.8%"
Worst Performing Major Airports by Departure Performance"
July 2012 (All Flights)!
Airport" Flights From:" CF%" D0%" D15%"
EWR" Newark Liberty Int’l! 95.7%! 40.8%! 65.1%"
IAH" George Bush Intercontinental! 98.1%! 36.2%! 65.5%"
ORD" Chicago O’Hare! 97.4%! 46.6%! 69.1%"
MDW" Chicago Midway! 99.6%! 37.0%! 69.1%"
IAD" Washington Dulles! 96.9%! 47.7%! 69.6%"
For definitions, see notes at beginning of presentation.!
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11. Best & Worst Airports: Arrivals"
Best Performing Major Airports by Arrival Performance
July 2012 (All Flights)!
Airport" Flights To:" A0%" A14%"
SLC" Salt Lake City! 67.8%! 86.8%"
SEA" Seattle/Tacoma Int’l! 70.3%! 86.0%"
MSP" Minneapolis/St. Paul! 70.0%! 85.3%"
PHX" Phoenix Sky Harbor! 63.8%! 84.4%"
LAS" Las Vegas McCarran! 62.0%! 81.5%"
Worst Performing Major Airports by Arrival Performance"
July 2012 (All Flights)!
Airport" Flights To:" A0%" A14%"
EWR" Newark Liberty Int’l! 50.0%! 66.1%"
SFO" San Francisco Int’l! 51.0%! 67.5%"
IAH" George Bush Intercontinental! 50.4%! 69.6%"
FLL" Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood! 49.0%! 70.6%"
IAD" Washington Dulles! 53.6%! 72.0%"
For definitions, see notes at beginning of presentation.!
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13. Airport of the Month: MCO"
Orlando International"
METHODOLOGY FOR GATE TURNS" Scheduled Gate Actual
Terminal "
Turn" Gate Turn"
• Identify valid gate turns by tracking A" 48.8" 54.3"
B" 53.3" 59.6"
inbound and outbound aircraft and MCO" 50.2 min" 56.0 min"
gate assignments by flight number!
• Exclude remain overnight (RON) and
gates with two or more concurrent Airline"
Scheduled Actual"
Turn Time" Turn Time"
flight operations (e.g. non-jetway)!
AirTran" 53.9! 52.9!
Alaska" 62.0! 67.2!
American" 56.8! 59.4!
EXAMPLE OF GATE TURN TIMES"
Delta" 53.5! 62.6!
Actual Sched. Sched. Actual Frontier" 43.0! 43.3!
Arrival" Arrival! Departure! Departure"
JetBlue" 61.2! 71.3!
Time" Time! Time! Time"
Southwest" 36.2! 43.2!
Spirit" 47.7! 48.1!
United" 51.5! 60.0!
US Airways" 60.0! 62.4!
9:50a! 10:00a! 10:45a! 11:00a!
SCHEDULED GATE TURN (45 min)!
ACTUAL GATE TURN (70 min)"
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14. Market Profile: LA Basin to Las Vegas"
Market Profile of the Month: LA Basin to Las Vegas"
Key LA Basin to Las Vegas Market Performance – Eastbound!
July 2012!
Route" CF%" D0%" D15%" A0%" A14%"
LAS – LA Basin" 99.4%! 49.2%! 78.7%! 56.6%! 79.3%!
Key LA Basin to Las Vegas Market Performance – Westbound!
July 2012 !
Route" CF%" D0%" D15%" A0%" A14%"
LA Basin - LAS 99.5% 53.7% 82.4% 58.0% 80.5%
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15. Market Profile: LA Basin to Las Vegas"
Market Profile of the Month – LA Basin to Las Vegas(cont’d)"
A14% Performance from LA Basin to Las Vegas!
July 2012!
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38. Methodology"
Notes & Methods"
Methodology. masFlight operations data is collected from various operational and schedule
providers and matched using proprietary algorithms. Data sources include flight, schedule and aircraft
position data obtained from airlines, purchased from third-party commercial vendors, and collected
from real-time information feeds from the Federal Aviation Administration, NOAA and other
government sources. !
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