Major Airports With the Most Cancellations
Airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Data through July 2026 · Last updated October 18, 2026
Share of scheduled departures cancelled at the 68 major airports.
New York (LGA) ranks first at 4.6%, and Boise (BOI) is last of the 68 listed at 0.5%.
The median across this list is 1.6%.
Top 15: cancellation rate
New York (LGA)4.6%
Washington (DCA)3.6%
New York (JFK)3.5%
Newark (EWR)3.1%
Boston (BOS)2.8%
Chicago (ORD)2.8%
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)2.8%
Philadelphia (PHL)2.7%
Buffalo (BUF)2.6%
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach (PBI)2.5%
Norfolk (ORF)2.5%
Hartford (BDL)2.4%
Fort Lauderdale (FLL)2.4%
Charleston (CHS)2.4%
Milwaukee (MKE)2.3%
Full ranking
| # | Name | Cancelled | On-time departures | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York (LGA)LaGuardia | 4.64% | 76.0% | 135,840 |
| 2 | Washington (DCA)Ronald Reagan Washington National | 3.56% | 73.5% | 142,173 |
| 3 | New York (JFK)John F. Kennedy International | 3.47% | 78.1% | 102,683 |
| 4 | Newark (EWR)Newark Liberty International | 3.13% | 79.8% | 122,705 |
| 5 | Boston (BOS)Logan International | 2.82% | 76.5% | 143,447 |
| 6 | Chicago (ORD)Chicago O'Hare International | 2.82% | 73.4% | 359,911 |
| 7 | Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)Dallas/Fort Worth International | 2.80% | 71.1% | 312,515 |
| 8 | Philadelphia (PHL)Philadelphia International | 2.71% | 76.1% | 100,793 |
| 9 | Buffalo (BUF)Buffalo Niagara International | 2.64% | 77.6% | 20,726 |
| 10 | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach (PBI)Palm Beach International | 2.54% | 74.5% | 31,406 |
| 11 | Norfolk (ORF)Norfolk International | 2.53% | 80.3% | 20,186 |
| 12 | Hartford (BDL)Bradley International | 2.40% | 80.9% | 22,344 |
| 13 | Fort Lauderdale (FLL)Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International | 2.36% | 70.0% | 90,381 |
| 14 | Charleston (CHS)Charleston AFB/International | 2.35% | 79.7% | 24,565 |
| 15 | Milwaukee (MKE)General Mitchell International | 2.31% | 79.4% | 29,355 |
| 16 | Cleveland (CLE)Cleveland-Hopkins International | 2.30% | 81.1% | 40,516 |
| 17 | Raleigh/Durham (RDU)Raleigh-Durham International | 2.30% | 79.3% | 55,461 |
| 18 | Louisville (SDF)Louisville Muhammad Ali International | 2.23% | 81.8% | 23,144 |
| 19 | Memphis (MEM)Memphis International | 2.22% | 80.0% | 24,723 |
| 20 | Columbus (CMH)John Glenn Columbus International | 2.02% | 81.2% | 44,711 |
| 21 | Charlotte (CLT)Charlotte Douglas International | 2.00% | 75.6% | 181,506 |
| 22 | San Juan (SJU)Luis Munoz Marin International | 1.99% | 76.0% | 35,302 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh (PIT)Pittsburgh International | 1.97% | 82.3% | 42,857 |
| 24 | Cincinnati (CVG)Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International | 1.91% | 81.3% | 33,916 |
| 25 | Indianapolis (IND)Indianapolis International | 1.91% | 80.9% | 48,559 |
| 26 | Fort Myers (RSW)Southwest Florida International | 1.89% | 78.5% | 34,831 |
| 27 | Detroit (DTW)Detroit Metro Wayne County | 1.87% | 78.8% | 121,889 |
| 28 | Jacksonville (JAX)Jacksonville International | 1.83% | 79.4% | 29,091 |
| 29 | Atlanta (ATL)Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International | 1.80% | 78.4% | 315,859 |
| 30 | Baltimore (BWI)Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall | 1.76% | 72.9% | 94,429 |
| 31 | Oklahoma City (OKC)Okc Will Rogers International | 1.74% | 81.8% | 23,917 |
| 32 | Orlando (MCO)Orlando International | 1.70% | 73.6% | 160,601 |
| 33 | Miami (MIA)Miami International | 1.58% | 74.0% | 111,186 |
| 34 | Tampa (TPA)Tampa International | 1.57% | 77.7% | 76,797 |
| 35 | Chicago (MDW)Chicago Midway International | 1.54% | 71.8% | 73,744 |
| 36 | Kansas City (MCI)Kansas City International | 1.49% | 79.0% | 49,298 |
| 37 | New Orleans (MSY)Louis Armstrong New Orleans International | 1.49% | 77.2% | 49,152 |
| 38 | Nashville (BNA)Nashville International | 1.48% | 72.1% | 109,436 |
| 39 | Minneapolis (MSP)Minneapolis-St Paul International | 1.42% | 80.9% | 114,287 |
| 40 | Washington (IAD)Washington Dulles International | 1.40% | 83.8% | 58,031 |
| 41 | Dallas (DAL)Dallas Love Field | 1.39% | 68.3% | 70,439 |
| 42 | St. Louis (STL)St Louis Lambert International | 1.29% | 75.1% | 63,318 |
| 43 | Burbank (BUR)Bob Hope | 1.25% | 80.9% | 29,940 |
| 44 | San Diego (SAN)San Diego International | 1.25% | 74.4% | 100,196 |
| 45 | Omaha (OMA)Eppley Airfield | 1.24% | 81.0% | 25,258 |
| 46 | San Antonio (SAT)San Antonio International | 1.23% | 81.3% | 40,226 |
| 47 | Austin (AUS)Austin - Bergstrom International | 1.19% | 75.0% | 89,507 |
| 48 | Anchorage (ANC)Ted Stevens Anchorage International | 1.14% | 83.6% | 20,008 |
| 49 | Houston (IAH)George Bush Intercontinental/Houston | 1.10% | 79.0% | 119,020 |
| 50 | Santa Ana (SNA)John Wayne Airport-Orange County | 1.07% | 79.8% | 45,231 |
| 51 | San Francisco (SFO)San Francisco International | 1.00% | 75.9% | 147,566 |
| 52 | Los Angeles (LAX)Los Angeles International | 0.94% | 79.8% | 190,106 |
| 53 | Reno (RNO)Reno/Tahoe International | 0.94% | 81.4% | 21,028 |
| 54 | Seattle (SEA)Seattle/Tacoma International | 0.93% | 78.9% | 164,821 |
| 55 | Honolulu (HNL)Daniel K Inouye International | 0.92% | 84.3% | 58,088 |
| 56 | Kahului (OGG)Kahului Airport | 0.90% | 84.8% | 25,694 |
| 57 | Albuquerque (ABQ)Albuquerque International Sunport | 0.89% | 81.9% | 24,621 |
| 58 | Ontario (ONT)Ontario International | 0.87% | 81.0% | 25,854 |
| 59 | Houston (HOU)William P Hobby | 0.86% | 73.4% | 53,894 |
| 60 | Las Vegas (LAS)Harry Reid International | 0.86% | 74.4% | 172,932 |
| 61 | Phoenix (PHX)Phoenix Sky Harbor International | 0.86% | 76.7% | 197,642 |
| 62 | Salt Lake City (SLC)Salt Lake City International | 0.78% | 84.7% | 117,896 |
| 63 | Portland (PDX)Portland International | 0.74% | 83.3% | 63,282 |
| 64 | Denver (DEN)Denver International | 0.73% | 76.2% | 319,208 |
| 65 | Sacramento (SMF)Sacramento International | 0.71% | 80.6% | 56,306 |
| 66 | San Jose (SJC)Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International | 0.66% | 81.5% | 43,338 |
| 67 | Oakland (OAK)Oakland International | 0.57% | 76.0% | 31,406 |
| 68 | Boise (BOI)Boise Air Terminal | 0.53% | 84.3% | 23,701 |