Last February, we noted the US News and World Report Airport Misery Index. Now, just in time for Thanksgiving, Forbes has released their list of the country’s most stressful airports.
Only four of the airports that were in the top 10 on the US News list made the Forbes list. US News used a more complex algorithm that included load factors. Forbes focused on on-time performance. Some of the differences may be increasing delays in the New York/Philadelphia airspace.
Here are the Forbes “most stressful” airports:
1. Philadelphia
2. JFK*
3. Chicago O’Hare*
4. Newark*
5. LaGuardia
6. Miami International
7. Dulles
8. Houston
9. Boston Logan
10. San Francisco*
(* means they made the top 10 of the US News Airport Misery Index list as well)
When this Forbes piece was being written, the dramatic drop in airline capacity had not yet occured. My prediction is a far more stressless time at airports across the country unless we are hit with a stormy weather event.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
