Thanksgiving is almost here, and to help those hitting the skies, InsureMyTrip has released a list of the least stressful U.S. airports to fly through based on flight cancellations. The report examines which airports are least likely to cancel flights.
Hawaii’s Daniel K Inouye International airport in Honolulu and Kahului Airport are the least stressful airports for passengers this Thanksgiving, followed by Salt Lake City and Atlanta.
Notably, InsureMyTrip predicts that New York City’s LaGuardia Airport will no longer be the most stressful for travelers this Thanksgiving, because it has improved its cancellation rates this year after having the highest percentage of canceled flights in both 2018 and 2017. Chicago-area airports, however, are going through a rough patch, with O’Hare and Midway currently experiencing the highest cancellation rates in the country, based on the available 2019 data. Those numbers don’t yet include last week’s snow storms, which grounded over 1,000 flights.
Good to know: Flights scheduled for departure between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. are more susceptible to delays and cancellations.
Here’s the full list of the least stressful airports this Thanksgiving:
- Honolulu, HI: Daniel K Inouye International
- Kahului, HI: Kahului Airport
- Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City International
- Atlanta, GA: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
- Boise, ID: Boise Air Terminal
- Portland, OR: Portland International
- Spokane, WA: Spokane International
- San Juan, PR: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Seattle, WA: Seattle/Tacoma International
- Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis-St Paul International
- Detroit, MI: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Anchorage, AK: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
- Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles International
- Santa Ana, CA: John Wayne Airport-Orange County
- Fort Myers, FL: Southwest Florida International
- Miami, FL: Miami International
- Las Vegas, NV: McCarran International
- Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque International Sunport
- Tucson, AZ: Tucson International
- Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Sacramento, CA: Sacramento International
- Fort Lauderdale, FL: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Reno, NV: Reno/Tahoe International
- Austin, TX: Austin - Bergstrom International
- San Antonio, TX: San Antonio International
- Tampa, FL: Tampa International
- Houston, TX: George Bush Intercontinental/Houston
- Ontario, CA: Ontario International
- San Diego, CA: San Diego International
- New York, NY: John F. Kennedy International
- Washington, DC: Washington Dulles International
- San Jose, CA: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
- Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
- Raleigh/Durham, NC: Raleigh-Durham International
- Nashville, TN: Nashville International
- West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL: Palm Beach International
- Charlotte, NC: Charlotte Douglas International
- Knoxville, TN: McGhee Tyson
- Orlando, FL: Orlando International
- Louisville, KY: Louisville Muhammad Ali International
- Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh International
- Denver, CO: Denver International
- New Orleans, LA: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
- Oakland, CA: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Jacksonville, FL: Jacksonville International
- Hartford, CT: Bradley International
- Omaha, NE: Eppley Airfield
- Oklahoma City, OK: Will Rogers World
- Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis International
- Columbus, OH: John Glenn Columbus International
- Boston, MA: Logan International
- Kansas City, MO: Kansas City International
- Memphis, TN: Memphis International
- San Francisco, CA: San Francisco International
- Richmond, VA: Richmond International
- Birmingham, AL: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
- Cleveland, OH: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- St. Louis, MO: St Louis Lambert International
- Providence, RI: Theodore Francis Green State
- Milwaukee, WI: General Mitchell International
- Charleston, SC: Charleston AFB/International
- Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia International
- Washington, DC: Ronald Reagan Washington National
- Baltimore, MD: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
- Dallas/Fort Worth, TX: Dallas/Fort Worth International
- Norfolk, VA: Norfolk International
- Grand Rapids, MI: Gerald R. Ford International
- New York, NY: LaGuardia
- Dallas, TX: Dallas Love Field
- Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Niagara International
- Burbank, CA: Bob Hope
- Newark, NJ: Newark Liberty International
- Houston, TX: William P Hobby
- Chicago, IL: Chicago O'Hare International
- Chicago, IL: Chicago Midway International
Rankings were based on the flight cancellation rate per airport. Airports on the list also reported 14,000 or more scheduled flights for 2019 thus far.
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