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New data from AirHelp, an air passenger rights company, reveals the worst airports for on-time performance in both the U.S. and Europe. AirHelp looked at flights from peak summer travel season (May 27, 2022 – July 31, 2022) and found the following: 

US – Airports with most cancellations (based on % of cancelled flights) 

*For reference, about 2.6% of all flights across the US were cancelled  

  1. LGA – LaGuardia Airport (7.7%) 
  2. EWR – Newark Liberty International Airport (7.6%) 
  3. DCA – Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (5.9%) 
  4. PIT – Pittsburgh International Airport (4.1%) 
  5. BOS – Boston Logan International Airport (4%) 
  6. CLT – Charlotte Douglas International Airport (3.8%) 
  7. PHL – Philadelphia International Airport (3.8%) 
  8. CLE – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (3.7%) 
  9. MIA – Miami International Airport (3.7%) 
  10. JFK – John F. Kennedy International Airport (3.6%)

Europe – Airports with most cancellations (based on % of cancelled flights) 

*For reference, about 2.3% of all flights across Europe were cancelled (between May 27, 2022 – July 31, 2022) 

  1. OSL – Oslo Gardermoen Airport – 8.3% 
  2. CGN – Cologne / Bonn Apt – 6.7% 
  3. BGO – Bergen – 5.5% 
  4. FRA – Frankfurt International Airport – 5.1% 
  5. HAM – Hamburg Airport – 4.9% 
  6. MXP – Milan Malpensa Apt – 4.7% 
  7. CPH – Copenhagen Kastrup Apt – 4.6% 
  8. AMS – Amsterdam – 4.3% 
  9. ARN – Stockholm Arlanda Apt – 4.3% 
  10. DUS – Duesseldorf International Airport – 4.1%