Virgin America finds Dallas Love Field its least-dependable airport in US

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NOT long ago Virgin America Inc had to battle two larger rivals for the space to fly out of Dallas Love Field. Now, a burgeoning number of flights there means Virgin is fighting to get planes off the ground on time.

"It's our least-dependable airport in the country" due to a high volume of jets using each gate, chief executive officer David Cush said in an interview. "We have more delays out of Love Field than LaGuardia right now."

And that's saying something, given that New York's LaGuardia Airport has the worst on-time departure rate in the country, ac…