Logan improves on-time performance

Boston's Logan International Airport improved its on-time performance rate for both departures and arrivals in July, but not as much as most other large airports did, according to the latest data from the US Department of Transportation.

Logan ranked 24th best out of the top 32 major US airports with an on-time departure rate of 73.74 percent in July, compared with ranking 18th best with 71.16 percent in the same month last year.

For arrivals, Logan ranked 28th best with an on-time rate of 67.46 percent, compared with ranking 27th best with an on-time rate of 63.35 percent in July 2007.

The government considered flights to be on-time if they departed from or arrived at their gates within 15 minutes of schedule.
(By Nicole C. Wong, Globe staff)