Using transportation department data, a report looked at the best and worst airports for summer travel. Boston and New York City stood out for their delays.
A report looked at transportation department data for 50 airports around the country to find the best and worst airports for summer travel, and Boston and New York City stood out for their poor on-time arrivals.
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Have you planned any summer getaways yet? If so, you might want to already prepare yourself for some delays at the airport.
Ahead of prime vacation season, financial site MagnifyMoney ranked the best and worst airports in the country for summer travel, and Boston and New York City did not fare well.
The ranking relies on Department of Transportation airport arrival
time data for the 50 busiest airports in the country between 2008 and
2017, according to the site. Out of all those travel hubs, Boston Logan
was ranked the fifth worst when it comes to delays.
Logan has an on-time arrival rate of 72.5 percent, according to
MagnifyMoney’s 10-year analysis looking at June, July and August
flights.
If you’re traveling in and out of the New York City area, expect to
wait even longer. Newark-Liberty International was the number one worst
airport for delays, according to the report, with a rate of on-time
arrivals of 67 percent over the last 10 years.
LaGuardia came in second, with an on-time arrival rate of 68 percent,
and JFK Airport was ranked fourth worst, with an on-time arrival rate
of 70.5 percent. (San Francisco was in between at number 3, with a rate
of 69.2 percent).
In general, summer is worse when it comes to delays than winter,
according to the report, with more than half of all airports reporting
more delays during those summer months than the winter ones.
June, specifically, seems to the be month during which you’ll wait
the longest: more than 75 percent of all airports reviewed had the most
delays then.
But even before summer really kicks into gear, you may find yourself
delayed. LaGuardia and JFK were also ranked the worst airports to fly
out of for Memorial Day weekend getaways, according to consumer research group ValuePenguin.
If you plan to leave the city for Memorial Day, you could be delayed
at either of those airports for 61 to 63 minutes, according to
ValuePenguin’s analysis of Bureau of Transportation data — the longest
delays for that weekend in the country.
If you want to avoid summer delays, the best airport per
MagnifyMoney’s ranking is Honolulu International, which has an arrival
rate of 86.7 percent — as if you needed another reason to plan a
vacation to the islands.
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