If you're traveling, the tristate area around the Big Apple may be the last place you want to fly in and out of. The Wall Street Journal took a look at America's 20 biggest airports, as well as the 20 largest airports after that (what the Journal deems "medium-sized"), looking at such factors as convenience (which includes everything from WiFi speed to how much walking visitors need to do); reliability (e.g., arrival delays, canceled flights, and TSA wait times); and value, including average fares and parking costs. The New York area's three major airports all fell at the bottom of the rankings. "We know we have a very, very long way to go," says Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is handling a $24 billion revamp at JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark airports. Here, the five best large airports and their corresponding airport codes:
- Phoenix (PHX)
- Denver (DEN)
- Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Detroit Metro (DTW)
- Orlando (MCO)
The five worst large airports:
- Newark (EWR)
- New York JFK (JFK)
- Philadelphia (PHL)
- Miami (MIA)
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD)
Read on for rankings of America's midsize airports.
The best midsize airports:
- Tampa (TPA)
- Portland (PDX)
- Austin (AUS)
- Nashville (BNA)
- Sacramento (SMF)
The worst midsize airports:
- New York LaGuardia (LGA)
- Chicago Midway (MDW)
- Washington Dulles (IAD)
- New Orleans (MSY)
- St. Louis (STL)
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