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Sea-Tac Airport has won another dubious distinction this week: 13th place on Forbes Magazine's list of the top 20 time-draining airports in the U.S.
Forbes used a combination of airport rankings of security, weather, air traffic and airline-related delays to create a composite score for America's top airports.
Based on that score, which was compiled using 2007 federal figures, the magazine ranked Sea-Tac 13th worst. At the top of that list of most delay-prone airports was Chicago's O'Hare Airport. The best of the 20 worst was Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Here the link to Forbes' story.
On the list of the nation's 100 busiest airports, here are Sea-Tac's rankings. First is the best and 100th is the worst:
95th - Security delays
85th - Late-aircraft arrival delays
81st - Air traffic control system delays
73rd - Flight cancellation delays
84th - Carrier-related delays
69th - Weather-related delays
67th - Flights arriving on time
52nd - Flights departing on time.
And here's Forbes' list of the 20 worst time robbing airports:
1. Chicago O'Hare
2. Newark Liberty
3. New York JFK
4. New York LaGuardia
5. Dallas-Fort Worth
6. San Francisco
7. Boston
8. Philadelphia
9. Atlanta
10. Minneapolis-St. Paul
11. Denver
12. Detroit
13. Sea-Tac
14. Charlotte
15. Los Angeles International
16. Washington Dulles
17. Phoenix
18. Las Vegas
19. Miami
20. Washington Reagan National
Forbes' advice? Go to Hawaii. The sunny skies and warm temperatures ensure good flight conditions. Hawaiian Airlines and Hawaii's airports always rank high in on-time statistics. Likewise avoid major hub airports in favor of smaller airports in the vicinity. In the Bay Area, San Francisco Airport's delay ranking is far worse than nearby airports in San Jose and Oakland.
