Mobissimo

Yep.  I recall August very well.  Anyone trying to leave NYC?  Good luck.  At least I wasn't the only one.

WASHINGTON — As the federal government considers forcing airlines to shrink schedules to ease chronic delays, the carriers' August on-time performance continued to erode, a report out Wednesday shows.

Airlines flew just 71.7% of flights on time, making it the second-worst August in the 13 years that the government has tracked the figures. The only worse August performance was in 2000, which was near the peak of the pre-9/11 travel boom, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics report shows.

Consider this too, a flight is 'on-time' if you push from the gate, but being delayed doesn't account for time on the runway.  Yay*  That's convenient.