You’re Most Likely To Experience A Delay At This Florida Airport
The holidays are upon us and if you have air travel in your future, you’re most likely to experience a delay at this Florida airport.
With Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s right around the corner, you may have holiday travel ahead of you. Traveling around the holidays can be a bit hectic. I used to travel every year for Thanksgiving, first it was to New Orleans, then to Vegas and looking back, I never really had any airport or airline troubles. However, when I flew last year to Vegas for the 4th of July, I got stuck in the Charlotte airport for 15 hours due to delays and then crew and mechanical issues. Not the most pleasant experience I’ve ever had. But some airports have a reputation for delays and one airport in Florida ranks #1.
You’re Most Likely To Experience A Delay At This Florida Airport
Living in Fort Myers, we’re lucky to have Southwest Florida International airport nice and close to home. However, depending on where you’re heading, it may be easier and/or cheaper to fly out of a larger airport like Miami or Tampa. But with that larger airport, could come more delays.
Palm Paradise Realty Group looked at how long the wait could be at every major airport in the Sunshine State this holiday season. For their data, they analyzed the average delay in minutes, total number of delays and the percentage of flights delayed.
Miami International Airport has the most delays with 1073 and an average delay time of 21 minutes. Palm Beach International Airport ranked 2nd with 631, so there’s a significant difference there. The airport with the least number of delays is Pensacola Regional Airport with just 3.
When it comes to the average delay time, right here in Southwest Florida, at Naples Municipal Airport is at the top of the list with 110 minutes. At the bottom of the list is Key West International Airport with an average delay time of just 20 minutes.
You can check out the full study here