The world's most punctual airports and airlines are ...

Osaka Itami - with a punctuality rating of 93.85%, is named as the best small airport for on-time performance. Tokyo Haneda ranks top for large airports with 91.25%.

In terms of airlines, Latvian carrier airBaltic is a very good choice. For the second year in row, the low cost airline has been ranked as the world's best at timekeeping with an average of 94.39% of flights staying within 15 minutes of schedule.

Two Japanese airlines, Japan Airlines and ANA,  also are in top five in terms of punctuality.

For me, as an EU citizen, travelling mostly within EU zone I have seen notable absences from the tops of the punctuality charts. European air hubs (only Germany counts for large  airports) and major airlines are poorly represented in this ranking.

For airline punctuality, airBaltic is followed by Panama's Copa Airlines (91.69%), Brazil's Azul (91.03%), Japan Airlines (90.44%), All Nippon Airways (89.65%), Finnair (89.52%), Brazil's TAM (89.5%), Austrian Airlines (89.28%), Hawaiian Airlines (89.11%) and LOT-Polish Airlines (88.88%).

After Tokyo Haneda, the most punctual large airports are in Munich, Germany (87.71%), Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil (87.47%), Minneapolis (85.27%), Sydney (85.2%), Melbourne, Australia (85.02%), Singapore Changi (84.75%), Atlanta (84.38%), Frankfurt, Germany (84.12%) and Seattle (83.56%).

Copenhagen leads the way for medium airports with 88.53% on-time performance, then Moscow Sheremetyevo (88.48%), Helsinki (88.43%), Brisbane, Australia (88.31%), Salt Lake City (87.93%), Sao Paulo-Congonhas, Brazil (88.81%), Athens (87.79%), Honolulu (87.41%), Auckland (86.67%) and Hamburg, Germany (85.99%).

For small airports, Osaka is followed by Brussels South Charleroi (93.61%), Panama Tocumen International (92.55%), Stavanger, Norway (91.15%), Bergen, Norway (90.91%), Cologne Bonn, Germany (90.42%), Adelaide, Australia (90.18%), Warsaw (89.87), Bristol, England (88.64%) and Hannover, Germany (88.59%).