It’s not a secret that LaGuardia airport in Queens, NY is a terrible airport. It’s only accessed by buses, not subway, traffic has been crazy lately with all the construction and now it also tops the nation in canceled flights. The airport reported 3,018 canceled flights in 2017 — 3.23 percent of a total 93,326 scheduled flights, according to an analysis by travel insurance company InsureMyTrip. Winter Storm Stella in March was partially to blame for the uncoveted record.
New York’s other major area plane depots also had a bad year — Newark came in fourth place, with 2,982 of 115,968 flights nixed, followed by JFK, with 2,076 of 94,454 flights grounded.
Here’s the list of the top 25 airports in the country where your flight is most likely to be canceled:
|
Rank |
Airport |
Total flights |
Canceled |
Percentage |
|
1 |
New York, NY: LaGuardia |
93,326 |
3018 |
3.23 |
|
2 |
Houston, TX: George Bush Intercontinental/Houston |
129,271 |
3529 |
2.73 |
|
3 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International |
90,078 |
2429 |
2.7 |
|
4 |
Newark, NJ: Newark Liberty International |
115,968 |
2982 |
2.57 |
|
5 |
New York, NY: John F. Kennedy International |
94,454 |
2076 |
2.2 |
|
6 |
Boston, MA: Logan International |
125,456 |
2665 |
2.12 |
|
7 |
Washington, DC: Ronald Reagan Washington National |
74,408 |
1488 |
2 |
|
8 |
Orlando, FL: Orlando International |
131,998 |
2606 |
1.97 |
|
9 |
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco International |
174,631 |
3299 |
1.89 |
|
10 |
Baltimore, MD: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall |
101,015 |
1730 |
1.71 |
|
11 |
Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia International |
73,194 |
1197 |
1.64 |
|
12 |
Atlanta, GA: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International |
364,655 |
5419 |
1.49 |
|
13 |
Chicago, IL: Chicago Midway International |
87,203 |
1238 |
1.42 |
|
14 |
Chicago, IL: Chicago O’Hare International |
266,460 |
3719 |
1.4 |
|
15 |
San Diego, CA: San Diego International |
84,056 |
997 |
1.19 |
|
16 |
Charlotte, NC: Charlotte Douglas International |
113,095 |
1270 |
1.12 |
|
17 |
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX: Dallas/Fort Worth International |
181,208 |
1868 |
1.03 |
|
18 |
Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles International |
214,297 |
2107 |
0.98 |
|
19 |
Detroit, MI: Detroit Metro Wayne County |
126,609 |
1196 |
0.94 |
|
20 |
Las Vegas, NV: McCarran International |
151,720 |
1367 |
0.9 |
|
21 |
Denver, CO: Denver International |
223,165 |
1592 |
0.71 |
|
22 |
Seattle, WA: Seattle/Tacoma International |
137,176 |
833 |
0.61 |
|
23 |
Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis-St Paul International |
134,591 |
767 |
0.57 |
|
24 |
Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Sky Harbor International |
154,508 |
870 |
0.56 |
|
25 |
Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City International |
111,912 |
448 |
0.4 |
