Dec. 12--Midway ranked last among the country's biggest airports at getting passengers in the air on-time through the first 10 months of the year, the government said Thursday.
Midway's on-time departure rate through October was 68.7 percent, meaning slightly more than two out of every three flights made it off the ground on schedule.
O'Hare International wasn't much better. The airport posted an on-time rate of 70.6 from January to October, making it the second-worst out of the nation's 29 largest airports.
Both airports' on-time records have declined significantly from the same period last year, when O'Hare had an on-time departure rate of 76.5 percent and Midway posted a rate of 77 percent.
Passengers had better luck arriving at Chicago's two big airports on-time than they did taking off. The arrival rate at Midway through October of this year is 78.7 percent and O'Hare has an on-time arrival rate through October of 73.8 percent.
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