April on-time figures for 50 of the world's busiest airports have been released. Tokyo, Japan had two of the top 5 performing airports during the month. If you're flying to and from the New York area airports, however, expect to be late – very late – more often than not.



April 2009 – World airport on-time rankings

Arrival Airport		Sample	Ontime (<15min.)		Late (15-29min.)		Very Late (30-44min.)		Excessive (>44min.)
HND	Tokyo, JP	5812	5579	95.99%	174	2.99%	20	0.34%	14	0.24%
ICN	Seoul, KR	6807	6046	88.82%	397	5.83%	147	2.16%	200	2.94%
MUC	Munich, DE	12491	11028	88.29%	790	6.32%	235	1.88%	330	2.64%
AMS	Amsterdam, NL	15789	13879	87.90%	851	5.39%	330	2.09%	582	3.69%
NRT	Tokyo, JP	7001	6142	87.73%	461	6.58%	156	2.23%	229	3.27%
CDG	Paris, FR	13577	11867	87.41%	924	6.81%	261	1.92%	443	3.26%
MSP	Minneapolis, MN	17190	14984	87.17%	960	5.58%	403	2.34%	669	3.89%
TPE	Taipei, TW	2876	2503	87.03%	194	6.75%	80	2.78%	63	2.19%
ORY	Paris, FR	5439	4722	86.82%	425	7.81%	116	2.13%	122	2.24%
MAN	Manchester, EN	6874	5914	86.03%	372	5.41%	156	2.27%	374	5.44%
CGK	Jakarta, ID	511	437	85.52%	49	9.59%	11	2.15%	8	1.57%
FRA	Frankfurt, DE	15252	12908	84.63%	1251	8.20%	457	3.00%	508	3.33%
DTW	Detroit, MI	18226	15414	84.57%	1195	6.56%	503	2.76%	952	5.22%
PHX	Phoenix, AZ	17058	14379	84.29%	1151	6.75%	471	2.76%	945	5.54%
BKK	Bangkok, TH	5933	4982	83.97%	614	10.35%	185	3.12%	150	2.53%
BCN	Barcelona, SP	6096	5117	83.94%	586	9.61%	191	3.13%	193	3.17%
SIN	Singapore, SG	7985	6687	83.74%	612	7.66%	265	3.32%	400	5.01%
CLT	Charlotte, NC	19673	16279	82.75%	1651	8.39%	579	2.94%	1002	5.09%
SEA	Seattle, WA	12450	10287	82.63%	996	8.00%	410	3.29%	644	5.17%
IAD	Washington, DC	12417	10250	82.55%	834	6.72%	384	3.09%	838	6.75%
LAX	Los Angeles, CA	20853	17150	82.24%	1639	7.86%	705	3.38%	1209	5.80%
MCO	Orlando, FL	12387	10044	81.09%	949	7.66%	415	3.35%	937	7.56%
YYZ	Toronto, ON, CA	16538	13336	80.64%	1372	8.30%	559	3.38%	1006	6.08%
KUL	Kuala Lumpur, MY	572	459	80.24%	69	12.06%	23	4.02%	15	2.62%
PEK	Beijing, CN	2726	2179	79.93%	263	9.65%	110	4.04%	107	3.93%
HKG	Hong Kong, HK	10207	8148	79.83%	1001	9.81%	440	4.31%	544	5.33%
MAD	Madrid, SP, ES	19069	15207	79.75%	2425	12.72%	704	3.69%	727	3.81%
LGW	London, EN	7591	6021	79.32%	770	10.14%	307	4.04%	447	5.89%
ORD	Chicago, IL	33837	26737	79.02%	2123	6.27%	1007	2.98%	3265	9.65%
LAS	Las Vegas, NV	15033	11848	78.81%	1518	10.10%	659	4.38%	945	6.29%
BOS	Boston, MA	13931	10885	78.14%	1004	7.21%	527	3.78%	1275	9.15%
DEN	Denver, CO	23877	18465	77.33%	2322	9.72%	940	3.94%	1734	7.26%
PVG	Shanghai, CN	1614	1248	77.32%	189	11.71%	65	4.03%	56	3.47%
SYD	Sydney, NS, AU	4421	3378	76.41%	548	12.40%	182	4.12%	182	4.12%
SFO	San Francisco, CA	14060	10725	76.28%	1131	8.04%	573	4.08%	1500	10.67%
IAH	Houston, TX	21882	16667	76.17%	1766	8.07%	752	3.44%	2069	9.46%
MIA	Miami, FL	11745	8783	74.78%	1205	10.26%	583	4.96%	1096	9.33%
STN	London, EN, GB	3515	2608	74.20%	429	12.20%	170	4.84%	289	8.22%
LHR	London, EN, GB	18626	13796	74.07%	2072	11.12%	988	5.30%	1682	9.03%
DFW	Dallas, TX	25705	18752	72.95%	1967	7.65%	1037	4.03%	3157	12.28%
DXB	Dubai, AE	7559	5463	72.27%	1004	13.28%	508	6.72%	572	7.57%
ATL	Atlanta, GA	39828	28303	71.06%	4268	10.72%	1849	4.64%	4522	11.35%
CAN	Guangzhou, CN	654	454	69.42%	102	15.60%	39	5.96%	44	6.73%
PHL	Philadelphia, PA	18192	12551	68.99%	1613	8.87%	904	4.97%	2743	15.08%
MEX	Mexico City, MX	6412	4400	68.62%	1049	16.36%	448	6.99%	504	7.86%
FCO	Rome, IT	7543	4917	65.19%	1030	13.66%	481	6.38%	710	9.41%
JFK	New York, NY	18232	11726	64.32%	1916	10.51%	1075	5.90%	2988	16.39%
IST	Istanbul, TR	7302	4660	63.82%	1283	17.57%	626	8.57%	618	8.46%
LGA	New York, NY	14989	9440	62.98%	1357	9.05%	880	5.87%	2637	17.59%
EWR	Newark, NJ	17104	9386	54.88%	1608	9.40%	1118	6.54%	4418	25.83%
Totals		625461	487140	77.88%	54479	8.71%	24034	3.84%	50664	8.10%

Source: Flightstats.com