New FinanceBuzz Study Finds The 25 Airports Where Passengers Are Most Delayed

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- FinanceBuzz, a personal finance site with a mission to democratize financial independence, today released its study of 25 airports in the U.S. where passengers are most delayed, with Chicago O'Hare International Airport topping the list.

FinanceBuzz analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Transportation, including total passengers departing from each airport, the percentage of flights delayed, and the average length of the delay to calculate our metric and rank the airports.

These are the top 10 airports with the most delays:

The report also outlines the causes of departure delays by airport, the cost of these delays and advice for delayed passengers. To view the complete report, visit: https://financebuzz.com/departure-delays-cost-dollars-and-years.

Methodology
FinanceBuzz analyzed publicly-available data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the 45 busiest airports in the U.S. based on passenger volume. Total number of minutes passengers (collectively) spent delayed was calculated, then ranked from most amount of time spent delayed and narrowed down to the 25 airports with the most collective delayed time.

FinanceBuzz looked at data sets for the percentage of on-time departures, average airport delay in minutes, number of departing passengers, number of departing domestic flights, and causes of delays during 2018.

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