A deep-dive into the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’s (BTS) ‘Airline On-Time Statistics and Delay Causes‘ data for the period of July 2019 to July 2021.
Research conducted by The Family Vacation guide reveals the US airports and airlines which face flight delays most frequently, based on insights analyzed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
We’ve all experienced a delayed flight whilst traveling at some point, and whilst this is usually completely out of your control, it doesn’t make it any less frustrating.
But, perhaps surprisingly, you’re more likely to experience delays at some airports and on some airlines than others, and to find out which these are, the team's analysts have taken a deep-dive into the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’s (BTS) ‘Airline On-Time Statistics and Delay Causes‘ data for the period of July 2019 to July 2021.
Here are the airports where flight arrivals are most frequently delayed:
Rank | Airport | State | % On Time | % Late or Cancelled |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Newark Liberty International | NK | 75.71% | 24.29% |
2 | LaGuardia | NY | 77.48% | 22.52% |
3 | Dallas/Fort Worth International | TX | 79.23% | 20.77% |
4 | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International | FL | 79.78% | 20.22% |
5 | Palm Beach International | FL | 80.34% | 19.66% |
6= | Boston Logan International | MA | 80.61% | 19.39% |
6= | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International | LA | 80.61% | 19.39% |
8 | Orlando International | FL | 80.78% | 19.22% |
9 | San Antonio International | TX | 80.97% | 19.03% |
10= | John F. Kennedy International | NY | 81.21% | 18.79% |
10= | San Francisco International | CA | 81.21% | 18.79% |
Here are the airports where flight arrivals are least frequently delayed:
Rank | Airport | State | % On Time | % Late or Cancelled |
---|---|---|---|---|
50 | Daniel K Inouye International | HI | 88.31% | 11.69% |
49 | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International | GA | 87.32% | 12.68% |
48 | Minneapolis-St Paul International | MN | 87.27% | 12.73% |
47 | Salt Lake City International | UT | 87.22% | 12.78% |
46 | Detroit Metro Wayne County | MI | 86.90% | 13.10% |
45 | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International | CA | 85.70% | 14.30% |
44 | Portland International | OR | 85.23% | 14.77% |
43 | John Wayne Airport-Orange County | CA | 85.12% | 14.88% |
42 | Sacramento International | CA | 84.95% | 15.05% |
41 | Metropolitan Oakland International | CA | 84.90% | 15.10% |
40 | Charlotte Douglas International | NC | 84.66% | 15.34% |
Here are the airlines whose flights are most frequently delayed:
Rank | Airline | % On Time | % Late or Cancelled |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Allegiant Air | 72.69% | 27.31% |
2 | JetBlue Airways | 76.80% | 23.20% |
3 | Frontier Airlines | 78.76% | 21.24% |
4 | Envoy Air | 80.48% | 19.52% |
5 | United Airlines | 81.40% | 18.60% |
6 | American Airlines | 81.45% | 18.55% |
7 | Spirit Airlines | 82.04% | 17.96% |
8 | Southwest Airlines | 83.03% | 16.97% |
9 | Alaska Airlines | 83.18% | 16.82% |
10 | SkyWest Airlines | 84.01% | 15.99% |
11 | Republic Airline | 84.27% | 15.73% |
12 | Delta Airlines | 86.69% | 13.31% |
13 | Hawaiian Airlines | 89.00% | 11.00% |
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