Worst Major US Airports for Delays
Airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Data through July 2026 · Last updated October 18, 2026
The same 68 major airports, ordered from the lowest on-time departure rate.
First place goes to Dallas (DAL) (68.3%); Kahului (OGG) comes last of 68 (84.8%).
The median across this list is 79.0%.
Top 15: on-time departures
Dallas (DAL)68.3%
Fort Lauderdale (FLL)70.0%
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)71.1%
Chicago (MDW)71.8%
Nashville (BNA)72.1%
Baltimore (BWI)72.9%
Houston (HOU)73.4%
Chicago (ORD)73.4%
Washington (DCA)73.5%
Orlando (MCO)73.6%
Miami (MIA)74.0%
San Diego (SAN)74.4%
Las Vegas (LAS)74.4%
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach (PBI)74.5%
Austin (AUS)75.0%
Full ranking
| # | Name | On-time departures | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas (DAL)Dallas Love Field | 68.3% | 1.4% | 70,439 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale (FLL)Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International | 70.0% | 2.4% | 90,381 |
| 3 | Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)Dallas/Fort Worth International | 71.1% | 2.8% | 312,515 |
| 4 | Chicago (MDW)Chicago Midway International | 71.8% | 1.5% | 73,744 |
| 5 | Nashville (BNA)Nashville International | 72.1% | 1.5% | 109,436 |
| 6 | Baltimore (BWI)Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall | 72.9% | 1.8% | 94,429 |
| 7 | Houston (HOU)William P Hobby | 73.4% | 0.9% | 53,894 |
| 8 | Chicago (ORD)Chicago O'Hare International | 73.4% | 2.8% | 359,911 |
| 9 | Washington (DCA)Ronald Reagan Washington National | 73.5% | 3.6% | 142,173 |
| 10 | Orlando (MCO)Orlando International | 73.6% | 1.7% | 160,601 |
| 11 | Miami (MIA)Miami International | 74.0% | 1.6% | 111,186 |
| 12 | San Diego (SAN)San Diego International | 74.4% | 1.2% | 100,196 |
| 13 | Las Vegas (LAS)Harry Reid International | 74.4% | 0.9% | 172,932 |
| 14 | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach (PBI)Palm Beach International | 74.5% | 2.5% | 31,406 |
| 15 | Austin (AUS)Austin - Bergstrom International | 75.0% | 1.2% | 89,507 |
| 16 | St. Louis (STL)St Louis Lambert International | 75.1% | 1.3% | 63,318 |
| 17 | Charlotte (CLT)Charlotte Douglas International | 75.6% | 2.0% | 181,506 |
| 18 | San Francisco (SFO)San Francisco International | 75.9% | 1.0% | 147,566 |
| 19 | Oakland (OAK)Oakland International | 76.0% | 0.6% | 31,406 |
| 20 | San Juan (SJU)Luis Munoz Marin International | 76.0% | 2.0% | 35,302 |
| 21 | New York (LGA)LaGuardia | 76.0% | 4.6% | 135,840 |
| 22 | Philadelphia (PHL)Philadelphia International | 76.1% | 2.7% | 100,793 |
| 23 | Denver (DEN)Denver International | 76.2% | 0.7% | 319,208 |
| 24 | Boston (BOS)Logan International | 76.5% | 2.8% | 143,447 |
| 25 | Phoenix (PHX)Phoenix Sky Harbor International | 76.7% | 0.9% | 197,642 |
| 26 | New Orleans (MSY)Louis Armstrong New Orleans International | 77.2% | 1.5% | 49,152 |
| 27 | Buffalo (BUF)Buffalo Niagara International | 77.6% | 2.6% | 20,726 |
| 28 | Tampa (TPA)Tampa International | 77.7% | 1.6% | 76,797 |
| 29 | New York (JFK)John F. Kennedy International | 78.1% | 3.5% | 102,683 |
| 30 | Atlanta (ATL)Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International | 78.4% | 1.8% | 315,859 |
| 31 | Fort Myers (RSW)Southwest Florida International | 78.5% | 1.9% | 34,831 |
| 32 | Detroit (DTW)Detroit Metro Wayne County | 78.8% | 1.9% | 121,889 |
| 33 | Seattle (SEA)Seattle/Tacoma International | 78.9% | 0.9% | 164,821 |
| 34 | Houston (IAH)George Bush Intercontinental/Houston | 79.0% | 1.1% | 119,020 |
| 35 | Kansas City (MCI)Kansas City International | 79.0% | 1.5% | 49,298 |
| 36 | Raleigh/Durham (RDU)Raleigh-Durham International | 79.3% | 2.3% | 55,461 |
| 37 | Jacksonville (JAX)Jacksonville International | 79.4% | 1.8% | 29,091 |
| 38 | Milwaukee (MKE)General Mitchell International | 79.4% | 2.3% | 29,355 |
| 39 | Charleston (CHS)Charleston AFB/International | 79.7% | 2.4% | 24,565 |
| 40 | Newark (EWR)Newark Liberty International | 79.8% | 3.1% | 122,705 |
| 41 | Los Angeles (LAX)Los Angeles International | 79.8% | 0.9% | 190,106 |
| 42 | Santa Ana (SNA)John Wayne Airport-Orange County | 79.8% | 1.1% | 45,231 |
| 43 | Memphis (MEM)Memphis International | 80.0% | 2.2% | 24,723 |
| 44 | Norfolk (ORF)Norfolk International | 80.3% | 2.5% | 20,186 |
| 45 | Sacramento (SMF)Sacramento International | 80.6% | 0.7% | 56,306 |
| 46 | Hartford (BDL)Bradley International | 80.9% | 2.4% | 22,344 |
| 47 | Burbank (BUR)Bob Hope | 80.9% | 1.2% | 29,940 |
| 48 | Minneapolis (MSP)Minneapolis-St Paul International | 80.9% | 1.4% | 114,287 |
| 49 | Indianapolis (IND)Indianapolis International | 80.9% | 1.9% | 48,559 |
| 50 | Ontario (ONT)Ontario International | 81.0% | 0.9% | 25,854 |
| 51 | Omaha (OMA)Eppley Airfield | 81.0% | 1.2% | 25,258 |
| 52 | Cleveland (CLE)Cleveland-Hopkins International | 81.1% | 2.3% | 40,516 |
| 53 | Columbus (CMH)John Glenn Columbus International | 81.2% | 2.0% | 44,711 |
| 54 | San Antonio (SAT)San Antonio International | 81.3% | 1.2% | 40,226 |
| 55 | Cincinnati (CVG)Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International | 81.3% | 1.9% | 33,916 |
| 56 | Reno (RNO)Reno/Tahoe International | 81.4% | 0.9% | 21,028 |
| 57 | San Jose (SJC)Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International | 81.5% | 0.7% | 43,338 |
| 58 | Oklahoma City (OKC)Okc Will Rogers International | 81.8% | 1.7% | 23,917 |
| 59 | Louisville (SDF)Louisville Muhammad Ali International | 81.8% | 2.2% | 23,144 |
| 60 | Albuquerque (ABQ)Albuquerque International Sunport | 81.9% | 0.9% | 24,621 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh (PIT)Pittsburgh International | 82.3% | 2.0% | 42,857 |
| 62 | Portland (PDX)Portland International | 83.3% | 0.7% | 63,282 |
| 63 | Anchorage (ANC)Ted Stevens Anchorage International | 83.6% | 1.1% | 20,008 |
| 64 | Washington (IAD)Washington Dulles International | 83.8% | 1.4% | 58,031 |
| 65 | Honolulu (HNL)Daniel K Inouye International | 84.3% | 0.9% | 58,088 |
| 66 | Boise (BOI)Boise Air Terminal | 84.3% | 0.5% | 23,701 |
| 67 | Salt Lake City (SLC)Salt Lake City International | 84.7% | 0.8% | 117,896 |
| 68 | Kahului (OGG)Kahului Airport | 84.8% | 0.9% | 25,694 |
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