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Using Bureau of Transportation Statistics data, we ranked 15 of the largest U.S.
#1. JetBlue
Percent late: 22.1%
Average delay: 54 minutes
#2. SkyWest
Percent late: 18.5%
Average delay: 59 minutes
#3. American Eagle
Percent late: 18.4%
Average delay: 66 minutes
#4. ExpressJet
Percent late: 17.9%
Average delay: 59 minutes
#5. Southwest Airlines
Percent late: 17.0%
Average delay: 57 minutes
#6. AirTran
Percent late: 16.5%
Average delay: 45 minutes
#7. Alaska Airlines
Percent late: 16.5%
Average delay: 56 minutes
#8. US Airways
Percent late: 14.9%
Average delay: 39 minutes
#9. Delta Air Lines
Percent late: 14.7%
Average delay: 42 minutes
#10. Virgin America*
Percent late: 14.2%
Average delay: 32 minutes
#11. American Airlines
Percent late: 14.2%
Average delay: 51 minutes
#12. Frontier Airlines
Percent late: 14.1%
Average delay: 45 minutes
#13. Mesa Airlines
Percent late: 12.9%
Average delay: 49 minutes
#14. United Airlines
Percent late: 11.6%
Average delay: 49 minutes
#15. Hawaiian Airlines
Percent late: 7.6%
Average delay: 91 minutes**
*BTS data only available for 2012.
** 2012 was a crazy outlier for Hawaiian - only 9 out of 200 flights were late, but the average delay among those 9 flights was about five hours. For the other four years, the average delay was about 39 minutes.