There nothing worse than been delayed at the airport especially when the flight you are on is delayed and you have a scheduled connecting charter flight to catch or train and have top rush around hoping you get your luggage. Below is a list of airports ranked as worst for arrivals:
1. Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), ranked as number one for most delayed arrivals it only manages to have 44.5% on time arrivals. Scheduled passenger flights at the airport arrived at least 45 minutes late, according to FlightStats’ sampling of flights.
2. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM), comes in behind Indira with its on time arrivals at 55.9%, it India’s busiest airport and handled 24.3 million passengers in 2008. FlightStats’ data show 15% of sampled flights at the airport in 2009 were at least 45 minutes late.
3. Istanbul Ataturk International Airport (IST), handled 29 million passengers in 2008 however ranked at number 3 and only 60.7% of flights arrived on time means it has some improving to do to manage flights at the crossroads’ of Europe and Asia. More than 11% of flights were late by at least 45 minutes.
4. Chennai International Airport (MAA) is the 3rd busiest airport in India which had 10.1 million passengers passing through in 2008, they get fourth place with on time arrivals at 63.9%. According to FlightStats 10% of sampled flights at Chennai arrived more than 45 minutes late.
5. LA-Ontario International Airport (ONT) this American airport seems a far cry from the Asian airports however they too get bugged with delays which has earned this LA airport 5 place as most delayed airports with 65.1% of arrivals on time, offered as a to the traffic congestion at nearby Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) which has 81% of its flights arrive on time.
6. Newark International Airport (EWR) another popular American Airport Newark also suffers from late arrivals with 18% of its scheduled flights arriving 45 minutes late compared to the 65.4% that arrived on time.
7. Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport (SSH) An increase in tourism has caused many problems in delays for this airport, 21% to 7.7 million passengers, according to Airports Council International, from 2007 to 2008, 66% of its flights arrived on time with nearly 13% arriving more than 45 minutes late.
8. London Stansted Airport (STN) means a UK airport also makes it onto this list which isn’t surprising for any on who has booked a flight to London recently, Stansted, is Britain’s third-busiest airport and a hot spot for budget airlines and only has 66.7% of flights arriving on time. A FlightStats spokeswoman says the dispute over on-time arrivals is likely due to a different definition of “scheduled flights” in the U.K.
9. Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport (EZE) coming in at number 9 and fairing slightly better than other airports Ezeiza International handles more than 70% of international air traffic stopping in Argentina, with 67.7% of flights arriving on time with only about 13% 45 minutes or more late.
10. New York LaGuardia International Airport (LGA) finds another New York airport on the list, none of the New York area’s major airports are known for punctual arrivals and departures, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs LaGuardia, JFK and Newark says “We’ve got three of the busiest airports in the country within a few miles of each other,”. However LaGuardia offers slightly better on time arrivals than Newark with 68.3% of flights arriving on time.
So before you start eyeing up the cheap flights on the internet take a look to make sure your destination airport isn’t one of the above which could end up costing you extra in lost time!
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