The Angriest US Airports, According to Twitter

Rounding out the list of the 10 angriest U.S. airports is California's Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. Approximately 56 percent of tweets regarding SJC were angry, based on the recent Twitter analysis, with users frequently using words like "help, security, international, waiting and parking" to express their annoyance.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is also irritating its fair share of travelers these days. Having flown into and out of PHX many times in recent years, my biggest complaint would be with the pickup process as it can get quite congested and confusing at times.

As the city's popularity continues to skyrocket, Nashville International Airport is unsurprisingly creating more headaches in 2023. Terms like "traffic, police, waiting, passengers and security" are the ones surfacing the most frequently when it comes to angry tweets about BNA.

San Diego International Airport's challenging location and status as the busiest single-runway airport in the world isn't always great news for travelers who are short on patience. SAN has inspired numerous angry tweets but, fortunately, the airport is in the process of a multi-billion-dollar terminal upgrade.

It should come as no surprise that the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic is also one of the nation's angriest. "Delays, traffic, lines, security and parking" are some of the biggest gripes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A hub or focus city for two of the Big Four U.S. carriers in Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines, ATL is one of only a few airports in the world that can perform triple simultaneous landings.

With 57 percent of tweets being angry, San Antonio International Airport ranks fifth on this unfortunate list. "TSA" is one of the top words mentioned in those angry tweets, with "weapon, officers, firearm and broken" also popping up quite frequently in Forbes Advisor's analysis.

Florida's Tampa International Airport has been the source of much frustration among travelers in 2023, with many complaints centering on how the airport deals with baggage. The top words uncovered in the Twitter analysis were "bags, delayed, luggage, security and canceled."

Nebraska's largest airport, Eppley Airfield rounds out the top three angriest airports in America with 59 percent of tweets qualifying as "angry." "Delays, weather, cold, police" and the very broad "issues" are among the most frequently used words when complaining about OMA.

Six out of 10 tweets regarding Florida's Jacksonville International Airport are angry, elevating JAX to number two on the list. "Line, TSA, garage, delays and employees" are some of the repeating words used to grumble over the civil-military public airport, which hosts more than 6.5 million passengers annually.

John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California is the nation's angriest airport based on Twitter mentions, with nearly two-thirds of tweets (65 percent) expressing frustration. Some of the words that come up the most often are "noise, staff, TSA, complaints and delayed."