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It’s no surprise that Americans are fed up with the constant flight delays and cancellations across the United States, and that’s to be expected. From 2023 to 2024, passengers lost more than 2.1 million hours of time due to travel problems.
Investigating data for two million flights from the Bureau of Transport, the newly released Places to Travel report concluded that from January 2023 to February 2024, passengers lost 2,100,140 hours and 43 minutes of travel. travel time As a result of the delay.
According to the report, a small regional airport in Utah, Provo Airport, was responsible for the longest average flight delays during the allotted time period.
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Three Florida airports made the top 10 list for worst airports for delays, according to a Places to Travel report that used Bureau of Transportation data to supplement its findings. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Commercial airlinesAllegiant Air and American Airlines make it easy for customers to travel to and from major cities within Provo.
“Both airlines flying out of Provo Airport are low-cost airlines that fly nonstop, point-to-point,” Brian Torgerson, director of Provo Airport, told FOX Business via email.
“The airlines currently operating out of Provo do not have spare aircraft or flight crews sitting in Provo to complete the schedule during the long delay,” he added. “Apart from the first flights of the day, flights departing from Provo cannot depart until the aircraft has arrived from their previous destinations, resulting in all-day delays at each previous stop.”
Torgersen added that other airports that are at the top of the list are facing the same issues due to offering non-stop service to destinations as well. Airplanes experiencing mechanical problems or severe weather without a backup can cause delays throughout the day.
On average, Beehive State Airport disrupts travel with an average delay time of 1 hour and 43 minutes. Of the 2,194 flights surveyed into and out of Provo, 39.74% were delayed.
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“Our mission is to get you to your destination safely and efficiently.” The FAA website reads. “This summer will see more planes taking to the skies, more frequent bad weather, and increased use of the country’s airspace. We are constantly working to address these challenges.”
Provo Airport, a small regional airport in Utah, experienced its longest passenger flight delays from January 2023 to February. 2024. (Educational Images/Global Image Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)
According to the report, average delay times at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida for passengers are 1 hour and 35 minutes.
From January 2023 to February 2024, 9,847 flights landed in Orlando-Sanford, and 28.09% of them were delayed. The report shows that passengers faced delays of 4,095 days, or 11 years.
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport accounted for 4,096 days Local and international Obstacles, with an average delay of 1 hour and 29 minutes. Of the 308,806 flights arriving in Dallas-Fort Worth, 66,105, or 21.41%, were delayed.
Hilo International Airport in Hawaii had the shortest average delays at 40 minutes.
In total, travelers lost 40 days due to delays in Hilo.
Of all the airports evaluated, three of the top 10 airports with the longest delays are located in Central Florida. In August, Florida airports saw for the first time long lines of parked passengers, which were later accompanied by cancellations due to Hurricane Idalia.
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Of the more than 9,800 flights transferred to Florida’s Orlando Sanford International Airport last year, more than 28% were delayed. ((Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
In mid-February, two members of Congress, Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla., and Lois Frankel, D-Fla., failed to arrive in Washington, D.C., in time to serve as Homeland Security secretary. Alejandro Mayorkas impeached Due to flight delays at Palm Beach International Airport.
At that time, Mast texted X that he had been expecting the flight for nine hours already.
Although Palm Beach does not appear on the list of airports with the worst delays, the location saw a large number of planes grounded for extended periods of time during the holidays late last year.
Airports with the longest average delays, according to the report:
- Provo Airport: 1 hour and 42 minutes
- Orlando Sanford International Airport: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Philadelphia International Airport: 1 hour and 26 minutes
- John F. Kennedy International Airport: 1 hour and 24 minutes
- St. Pete Clearwater International Airport: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Montgomery Regional Airport: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Punta Gorda Airport: 1 hour and 23 minutes
- Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport: 1 hour 21 minutes
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Airports across the US with the shortest average delays:
- Hilo International Airport: 40 minutes
- Long Beach Airport: 43 minutes
- Kona International Airport: 44 minutes
- Lihue Airport: 44 minutes
- Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport: 48 minutes
- Kahului Airport: 48 minutes
- Fairbanks International Airport: 49 minutes
- Oakland International Airport: 49 minutes
- San Jose Mineta International Airport: 50 minutes
- Al Wadi International Airport: 51 minutes