Which US Airport Has The Most Flight Cancellations?

When it comes to flight cancellations, how does your airport stack up?

A new study by InsureMyTrip.com broke down which airports in the United States had the highest percentage of canceled trips.

New York City's LaGuardia Airport had the highest percentage of flight cancellations at 3.23 percent. Houston's George Bush Intercontinental came in second with 2.73 percent and Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International rounded out the bottom three with 2.7 percent.

In terms of total cancellations last year, the U.S. Department of Transportation revealed Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport canceled the most flights with 5,419. A power outage in December caused 1,489 of those cancellations.

The rise in cancellations for Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport was also attributed to the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the region.

Another airport that struggled with canceled flights was Chicago's O'Hare International, which racked up 3,719 cancellations last year. George Bush Intercontinental was also in the bottom three with 3,529 canceled flights.

While Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport had the most registered flight cancellations, it only had a 1.49 canceled flight percentage after serving a total of 364,655 flights.

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Overall, the Department of Transportation revealed only 1.5 percent of flights in the U.S. last year were canceled, which was still an increase from the 1.2 percent of flights canceled in 2016.

The Department of Transportation also found travelers are much more likely to deal with flight delays, with airports registering a nationwide average of 18.14 percent in 2017.

InsureMyTrip.com broke down the 25 airports with the highest percentage of flights canceled in 2017:

Rank	Airport	Total Flights	Canceled Flights	Cancellation %
1	New York, NY: LaGuardia	93,326	3018	3.23
2	Houston, TX: George Bush Intercontinental/Houston	129,271	3529	2.73
3	Fort Lauderdale, FL: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International	90,078	2429	2.7
4	Newark, NJ: Newark Liberty International	115,968	2982	2.57
5	New York, NY: John F. Kennedy International	94,454	2076	2.2
6	Boston, MA: Logan International	125,456	2665	2.12
7	Washington, DC: Ronald Reagan Washington National	74,408	1488	2
8	Orlando, FL: Orlando International	131,998	2606	1.97
9	San Francisco, CA: San Francisco International	174,631	3299	1.89
10	Baltimore, MD: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall	101,015	1730	1.71
11	Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia International	73,194	1197	1.64
12	Atlanta, GA: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International	364,655	5419	1.49
13	Chicago, IL: Chicago Midway International	87,203	1238	1.42
14	Chicago, IL: Chicago O'Hare International	266,460	3719	1.4
15	San Diego, CA: San Diego International	84,056	997	1.19
16	Charlotte, NC: Charlotte Douglas International	113,095	1270	1.12
17	Dallas/Fort Worth, TX: Dallas/Fort Worth International	181,208	1868	1.03
18	Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles International	214,297	2107	0.98
19	Detroit, MI: Detroit Metro Wayne County	126,609	1196	0.94
20	Las Vegas, NV: McCarran International	151,720	1367	0.9
21	Denver, CO: Denver International	223,165	1592	0.71
22	Seattle, WA: Seattle/Tacoma International	137,176	833	0.61
23	Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis-St Paul International	134,591	767	0.57
24	Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Sky Harbor International	154,508	870	0.56
25	Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City International	111,912	448	0.4

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