That's the third-best month since the federal government began keeping such records 16 years ago, according to the Transportation Department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

That is according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Transportation Department.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics ranks all months from the beginning of 1995 through January 2007 by percentage of flights that arrived on time.

"But it's important to remember to look at the long-term trends," said David Smallen, a spokesman for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Data from the department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics last week showed that this was shaping up to be the worst year for departure delays since 2000.

According to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics for 2009 there are 254,212,610 registered passenger vehicles.

The average car got 22.6 miles per gallon in 2008, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

The highway bill signed by President Bush this month authorizes $90 million to create a Bureau of Transportation Statistics, she added.

In 2000, domestic airlines carried 567 million passengers, according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, compared with 542 million last year.

In 2004, 11.7 million domestic passengers boarded planes at Philadelphia, according to figures released last week by the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics.