These 3 Florida airports make list of worst to fly out of in US

C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
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Have you taken off for your summer vacation yet? While we tend to be a tourist destination ourselves, Floridians love getting out into the rest of the country and the world.

But travel can be a hassle, with disruptions from weather, delays, cancellations, overbooking and lost or damaged luggage.  AirHelp, a claims management company focused on airline passenger rights, released a report that examined all of those to rank the airports with the fewest disruptions in May 2024.

There were no Florida airports on the top 10 "fewest disruptions" list for that month. On AirHelp's list of top 10 airports with the most disruptions in May, three of them were in Florida.

The airport with the most disruptions was Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, which AirHelp said saw 45.6% of its flights disrupted last month.

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Which airports had the most disruptions in May 2024?

According to AirHelp:

  1. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, 45.6% of flights disrupted.

  2. Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport, 40.6% of flights disrupted.

  3. Charlotte Douglas International Airport (North Carolina), 37.8% of flights disrupted.

  4. Chicago O’Hare International Airport, 34.7% of flights disrupted.

  5. Miami International Airport, 31.7% of flights disrupted.

  6. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, 30.5% of flights disrupted.

  7. Orlando International Airport, 30.5% of flights disrupted.

  8. Denver International Airport, 28.7% of flights disrupted.

  9. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 28.4% of flights disrupted.

  10. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 27.8% of flights disrupted.

All three Florida airports on the list were also named in aGamble's list of worst spring break airports for disruptions between March and April 2023, with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International coming in at No. 1.

When it came to Thanksgiving travel, the data research site HubScore named Orlando International as the second worst airport to fly out of in the country, and Miami International was the third. In HubScore's rankings, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International was the worst airport in the country when it came to average flight delay time, leaving customers waiting for an average of 38.9 minutes.

Which airports had the fewest disruptions in May 2024?

According to AirHelp:

  1. Salt Lake City International Airport, 18.6% of flights disrupted.

  2. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, 20.8% of flights disrupted.

  3. John F. Kennedy International Airport, 21.8% of flights disrupted.

  4. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, 22.1% of flights disrupted.

  5. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 23.3% of flights disrupted.

  6. Boston Logan International Airport, 23.4% of flights disrupted.

  7. New York LaGuardia Airport, 23.6% of flights disrupted.

  8. Philadelphia International Airport, 23.6% of flights disrupted.

  9. Los Angeles International Airport, 24.2% of flights disrupted.

  10. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 24.6% of flights disrupted.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Worst airports for delays: Florida has some of them. What to know