Worst Airports for Travel This Season

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While no airport is guaranteed to get all its flights out on time, some are expected to be worse than others this season. So be especially wary if your attendees or speakers have to travel from or through certain airports.

Here’s the just-released scoop from Forbes of the nation’s best and worst airports this season, based on an analysis of the 100 busiest airports and eight of its largest national airlines and scored on key metrics, including customer complaints, flight delays and cancellations, mishandled baggage, recent increases in ticket costs and more.

  1. Westchester County, New York
  2. Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Alaska
  3. McGhee Tyson, Tennessee
  4. Bozeman Yellowstone International, Montana
  5. The Eastern Iowa Airport, Iowa
  6. Orlando Sanford International
  7. San Francisco International
  8. Norfolk International
  9. Gerald R. Ford International (Grand Rapids)
  10. Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisc.

CNN also compiles a list of the airports with the highest percentage of delayed flights. They are:

  1. Chicago Midway International: 36%
  2. Orlando International 33%
  3. John F. Kennedy International: 31.1%
  4. Newark Liberty International: 30%
  5. Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall: 30%
  6. Miami International: 28.3%
  7. Charlotte Douglas International: 27.8%
  8. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International: 27.2%
  9. Denver International: 27.2%
  10. Harry Reid International (Las Vegas): 26.7%

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