Well, looks like CO1800 from FLL to EWR is delayed yet again *sigh*...another day another delay for this sorry flight. It's a brutal delay too, which will result in pretty much all connecting pax misconnecting.

I thought we could compile a list of the worst offenders - flights which are not only late more than 70% of the time, but when they're late, they are brutally late. None of this "depart 30 minutes late, arrive 5 minutes late" stuff - I mean flights that habitually leave at least 60 minutes late and arrive more than 60 minutes past their scheduled arrival time and result in significant misconnects.

To get things started, I vote for:

CO 1800 FLL EWR
CO 1112 DCA EWR

An on-time arrival for these two miscreants is cause for celebration.

Both get 0 stars at flightstats.com.

But 1800 has a 48% on-time record, while 1112 has an only 34% on-time record (and a 46% "excessive" delay record). Yikes.

Flights DAL-IAH always seen to be delayed...as DAL is one of the first stations to cancel flights due to weather in IAH

The 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm DCA-EWR flights get my vote. I've never experienced an on-time departure on either of these flights. 1:00 is the latest flight I will reserve if I have to connect in EWR.

For some reason, EWR-DCA mid-afternoon flights seem to be delayed less than DCA-EWR (IME - I haven't looked at the on-time record).

3180 EWR-ACK, at 7% on-time! And silly me, I just flew it last weekend.

Flight 2338 BUF-EWR gets my vote. Took this once and learned my lesson Over half with excessive delays or cancelled (the last flight of the day no less). Flightstats has "0" rating with recent performance as follows:

Ontime 27%
Late 6%
Very Late 13%
Excessive 27%
Cancelled 24%
Diverted 0%

The 9:00 PM IAH to DAL flight is constantly late too.

I saw on one of the morning programs this week that one of CO's flight has a 100% Not on time record. Don't remember which one it is.

CO 2825 EWR-BNA
0 stars

On time 28%
Excessive 46%
Cancelled 7%

CO2882 BNA-EWR
0 stars
On time 28%
Excessive 40%
Cancelled 9%

Sadly, these are the 2 flights I take weekly. I think BNA will be in the top 10 of the cities consistently being brutally late.

The stats are published monthly. The most delayed flights are toward the end of the report: http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/atcr06.htm

Unless proven wrong, I would bet a paycheck that Hartford (BDL) to Newark MUST be the worst.

I mean cancelled and delayed.

Any takers?

I might have to correct myself. This is from USA Today in April. Can't imagine things change much so it's probably still somewhat good.

Incidently, I'm freakin' marooned at IAH right now waiting for my flight to PDX with 2:20 delay putting me into PDX at 1:25 am (earliest).

WHEEEEEE!

. ATA Flight 4234 from Houston Hobby to N.Y. LaGuardia (late 100% of the time in April).
1. ATA Flight 4233 from LaGuardia to Hobby (100%)
3. ATA Flight 4232 from Hobby to LaGuardia (96.55%)
4. Continental affiliate ExpressJet Flight 2669 from Newark to Kansas City (96%)
5. United affiliate SkyWest Flight 6174 from Monterey, Calif., to San Francisco (89.66%)
6. ATA Flight 4220 from Chicago Midway to LaGuardia (88.46%)
7. United affiliate SkyWest Flight 6212 from San Francisco to Sacramento (86.67%)
8. American affiliate American Eagle Flight 4659 from Newark to Raleigh/Durham (86.21%)
8. Continental affiliate ExpressJet Flight 1205 from Charleston, S.C., to Newark (86.21%)
8. Southwest Flight Flight 488 from Salt Lake City to Denver (86.21%)
11. Continental affiliate ExpressJet Flight 2665 from Detroit to Newark (84.62%)
12. US Airways Flight 465 from Newark to Charlotte (84%)
12. Continental affiliate ExpressJet Flight 2567 from Nashville to Newark (84%)
12. Delta affiliate Atlantic Southeast Flight 4672 from N.Y. LaGuardia to Baton Rouge (84%)
15. US Airways Flight 949 from Philadelphia to Los Angeles (83.33%)
15. United affiliate SkyWest Flight 6212 from Sacramento San Francisco (83.33%)
17. Continental affiliate ExpressJet Flight 2567 from Newark to St. Louis (82.76%)
18. Continental Flight 1155 from Newark to Atlanta (80.77%)
18. ATA Flight 4209 from LaGuardia to Chicago Midway (80.77%)
20. 14 flights tied for 20th at 80%

The last time the USA Today column listed the most delayed flights, it was a CO EWR-OMA flight, late 95% of the time. I think that was for June.

The late flight MDW-EWR. Consistently bad. And the afternoon AUS-EWR seems to be pretty bad, but actually is occasionally on time, so it must not be the worst.

In short, the worst one is always the one you're booked on. But that's just because you're there

ACK?

There once was a flight to Nantucket
It'd always be late if you took it
Passengers got off the plane
and took a boat the rain
Just tell that darn airline to f**k it.