(Salt Lake City, Utah) — A new study reveals Salt Lake City International (SLC) remains one of the best airports in the country when it comes to on-time performance. Researchers at InsureMyTrip evaluated the latest data — released this week — from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The data included newly updated information on cancellations for all US airports last year.
InsureMyTrip calculated all the cancellation percentages and published an updated ranking. SLC ranked the best, with the lowest percentage of canceled flights (less than .5%) for all of 2018. New York’s LaGuardia had the worst track record, winter storms a factor, forcing many flights to call it quits last winter.
Looking ahead, InsureMyTrip predicts the grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets will inflate cancellation rates for many airports nationwide once those 2019 percentages are calculated.
(Source: InsureMyTrip, news @ insuremytrip.com)
Travel Report: US Airports Prone to Flight Cancellations in 2018
Rank Code Airport
1 (Most) LGANew York, NY: LaGuardia
2 ORF Norfolk, VA: Norfolk International
3 CHS Charleston, SC: Charleston AFB/International
4 ROC Rochester, NY: Greater Rochester International
5 PHL Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia International
6 EWR Newark, NJ: Newark Liberty International
7 PVD Providence, RI: Theodore Francis Green
8 DCA Washington, DC: Ronald Reagan Washington National
9 RIC Richmond, VA: Richmond International
10 RDU Raleigh/Durham, NC: Raleigh-Durham International
11 BUF Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Niagara International
12 CLT Charlotte, NC: Charlotte Douglas International
13 JFK New York, NY: John F. Kennedy International
14 BOS Boston, MA: Logan International
15 BDL Hartford, CT: Bradley International
16 MDW Chicago, IL: Chicago Midway International
17 GRR Grand Rapids, MI: Gerald R. Ford International
18 ORD Chicago, IL: Chicago O’Hare International
19 BWI Baltimore, MD: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
20 CLE Cleveland, OH: Cleveland-Hopkins International
21 CMH Columbus, OH: John Glenn Columbus International
22 PIT Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh International
23 SDF Louisville, KY: Louisville International-Standiford Field
24 CVG Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
25 DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX: Dallas/Fort Worth International
26 BHM Birmingham, AL: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
27 JAX Jacksonville, FL: Jacksonville International
28 PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL: Palm Beach International
29 MKE Milwaukee, WI: General Mitchell International
30 IND Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis International
31 MEM Memphis, TN: Memphis International
32 BUR Burbank, CA: Bob Hope
33 IAD Washington, DC: Washington Dulles International
34 BNA Nashville, TN: Nashville International
35 HOU Houston, TX: William P Hobby
36 STL St. Louis, MO: St Louis Lambert International
37 OMA Omaha, NE: Eppley Airfield
38 MCI Kansas City, MO: Kansas City International
39 DAL Dallas, TX: Dallas Love Field
40 SFO San Francisco, CA: San Francisco International
41 RSW Fort Myers, FL: Southwest Florida International
42 OKC Oklahoma City, OK: Will Rogers World
43 MSY New Orleans, LA: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
44 ANC Anchorage, AK: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
45 OAK Oakland, CA: Metropolitan Oakland International
46 TPA Tampa, FL: Tampa International
47 MCO Orlando, FL: Orlando International
48 MIA Miami, FL: Miami International
49 MSP Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis-St Paul International
50 FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
51 DTW Detroit, MI: Detroit Metro Wayne County
52 IAH Houston, TX: George Bush Intercontinental/Houston
53 AUS Austin, TX: Austin – Bergstrom International
54 ABQ Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque International Sunport
55 SAT San Antonio, TX: San Antonio International
56 SAN San Diego, CA: San Diego International
57 SJU San Juan, PR: Luis Munoz Marin International
58 SJC San Jose, CA: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
59 LAX Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles International
60 HNL Honolulu, HI: Daniel K Inouye International
61 TUS Tucson, AZ: Tucson International
62 GEG Spokane, WA: Spokane International
63 DEN Denver, CO: Denver International
64 ONT Ontario, CA: Ontario International
65 PHX Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
66 LAS Las Vegas, NV: McCarran International
67 SNA Santa Ana, CA: John Wayne Airport-Orange County
68 SEA Seattle, WA: Seattle/Tacoma International
69 RNO Reno, NV: Reno/Tahoe International
70 ATL Atlanta, GA: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
71 PDX Portland, OR: Portland International
72 SMF Sacramento, CA: Sacramento International
73 OGG Kahului, HI: Kahului Airport
74 BOI Boise, ID: Boise Air Terminal
75 (Least) SLC Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City International Airport
Data Source: InsureMyTrip Research and The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the entity that tracks the on-time performance of domestic flights operated by large air carriers.
