Stress and holiday travel often go hand in hand but there are some airports that push holiday stress over the top. Before you can get LAX out of your mouth...you might be interested to hear its way down on the stress list and SFO doesn't even crack the top 30.
A ranking of the nation's most stressful airports puts LaGuardia at the very top. InsureMyTrip says LaGuardia welcomes almost 30 million passengers a year but has the highest percentage of cancelled flights and delays.New York might not be a surprise but right behind LaGuardia is Norfolk International in Virginia and Charleston AFB in South Carolina. Sacramento International is way down on the stress list...ranking 70 out of 75. The least stressful airport in the country? Salt Lake City International, which comes in at 75.
Below is the entire list:
Rank/Code
City/Airport
1. LGA
New York, NY: LaGuardia (Worst)
2. ORF
Norfolk, VA: Norfolk International
3. CHS
Charleston, SC: Charleston AFB/International
4. ROC
Rochester, NY: Greater Rochester International
5. PHL
Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia International
6. EWR
Newark, NJ: Newark Liberty International
7. PVD
Providence, RI: Theodore Francis Green State
8. DCA
Washington, DC: Ronald Reagan Washington National
9. BUF
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Niagara International
10. JFK
New York, NY: John F. Kennedy International
11. BOS
Boston, MA: Logan International
12. BDL
Hartford, CT: Bradley International
13. RDU
Raleigh/Durham, NC: Raleigh-Durham International
14. RIC
Richmond, VA: Richmond International
15. CLT
Charlotte, NC: Charlotte Douglas International
16. MDW
Chicago, IL: Chicago Midway International
17. BWI
Baltimore, MD: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
18. GRR
Grand Rapids, MI: Gerald R. Ford International
19. ORD
Chicago, IL: Chicago O'Hare International
20. CLE
Cleveland, OH: Cleveland-Hopkins International
21. CMH
Columbus, OH: John Glenn Columbus International
22. PIT
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh International
23. SDF
Louisville, KY: Louisville International-Standiford Field
24. CVG
Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
25. JAX
Jacksonville, FL: Jacksonville International
26. PBI
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL: Palm Beach International
27. BHM
Birmingham, AL: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
28. MKE
Milwaukee, WI: General Mitchell International
29. IAD
Washington, DC: Washington Dulles International
30. IND
Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis International
31. MEM
Memphis, TN: Memphis International
32. DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX: Dallas/Fort Worth International
33. BNA
Nashville, TN: Nashville International
34. BUR
Burbank, CA: Bob Hope
35. STL
St. Louis, MO: St Louis Lambert International
36. HOU
Houston, TX: William P Hobby
37. OMA
Omaha, NE: Eppley Airfield
38. RSW
Fort Myers, FL: Southwest Florida International
39. DAL
Dallas, TX: Dallas Love Field
40. MCI
Kansas City, MO: Kansas City International
41. SFO
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco International
42. MSY
New Orleans, LA: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
43. OKC
Oklahoma City, OK: Will Rogers World
44. TPA
Tampa, FL: Tampa International
45. MCO
Orlando, FL: Orlando International
46. OAK
Oakland, CA: Metropolitan Oakland International
47. MIA
Miami, FL: Miami International
48. MSP
Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis-St Paul International
49. FLL
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
50. DTW
Detroit, MI: Detroit Metro Wayne County
51. AUS
Austin, TX: Austin - Bergstrom International
52. ANC
Anchorage, AK: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
53. IAH
Houston, TX: George Bush Intercontinental/Houston
54. SAT
San Antonio, TX: San Antonio International
55. SJU
San Juan, PR: Luis Munoz Marin International
56. SAN
San Diego, CA: San Diego International
57. LAX
Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles International
58. ABQ
Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque International Sunport
59. DEN
Denver, CO: Denver International
60. TUS
Tucson, AZ: Tucson International
61. SJC
San Jose, CA: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
62. PHX
Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
63. LAS
Las Vegas, NV: McCarran International
64. HNL
Honolulu, HI: Daniel K Inouye International
65. ATL
Atlanta, GA: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
66. ONT
Ontario, CA: Ontario International
67. GEG
Spokane, WA: Spokane International
68. SNA
Santa Ana, CA: John Wayne Airport-Orange County
69. RNO
Reno, NV: Reno/Tahoe International
70. SMF
Sacramento, CA: Sacramento International
71. PDX
Portland, OR: Portland International
72. OGG
Kahului, HI: Kahului Airport
73. SEA
Seattle, WA: Seattle/Tacoma International
74. BOI
Boise, ID: Boise Air Terminal
75. SLC
Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City International
-This table contains data for non-stop domestic flights by major air carriers collected in 2018 thus far by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.