{"id":222534,"date":"2026-05-06T22:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222534\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:08:17","slug":"these-new-york-area-airports-saw-the-most-flight-disruptions-last-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222534\/","title":{"rendered":"These New York-area airports saw the most flight disruptions last month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Transportation Transportation Secretary addresses Spirit Airlines shutdown at Newark airport<\/a> <\/p>\n

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy spoke at Newark Liberty International Airport following Spirit Airlines\u2019 decision to cease operations. He outlined steps the Department of Transportation is taking to help stranded passengers reach their destinations and support employees impacted by the shutdown.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK – With rising fuel prices caused by the U.S. war in Iran and the recent closure of a major airline, tens of thousands of flights have faced cancellations and delays in recent weeks. The New York area has been hit especially hard hard, with local airports among some of the most heavily affected by the volatility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Airports affected by flight disruptions <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Across the U.S., regular gasoline is averaging more than $4.50 per gallon as of May 4. That’s up more than 40% from one year ago, and more than 50% since the war with Iran began in late February, according to the Energy Information Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SUGGESTED: Spirit Airlines begins orderly wind-down of operations, cancels all flights<\/a><\/p>\n

The spike in oil prices was one of several reasons Spirit Airlines announced it was permanently ceasing operations earlier this week. Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled literally overnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, the company directly cited “the recent material increase in oil prices” as one of the reasons they had to shut down. Here in New York, Spirit offered flights out of Newark and JFK airports.<\/p>\n

SUGGESTED: Iran latest: U.S. to launch “Project Freedom” to guide stranded ships through Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n

These things, combined with the normal reasons for flight delays, like inclement weather, have made for a major travel headache.<\/p>\n

AirHelp<\/a>, a platform that tries to offer travelers compensation for flight disruptions, looked at the data from last month to see which airports have been the hardest hit.<\/p>\n

By the numbers:<\/p>\n

Here are the 10 U.S. airports that saw the most flight disruptions in April, according to AirHelp:<\/p>\n

Top 10 airports with most flight disruptions O’Hare International Airport (Chicago, IL) \u2014 72.2%San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco, CA) \u2014 71.1%Newark Liberty International Airport (Newark, NJ) \u2014 70.9%George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, TX) \u2014 67.1%Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (Fort Lauderdale, FL) \u2014 64.1%New York LaGuardia Airport (East Elmhurst, NY) \u2014 63.2%Washington Dulles International Airport (Dulles, VA) \u2014 \u00a062.0%Tampa International Airport \u2014 Tampa, FL (61.2%)Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport (58.3%) <\/p>\n

AirHelp’s numbers are based on airports with 10,000 or more flights in the month of April, and they define disruptions as “any events that interfere with travel plans.” This includes cancellations and delays, but also things like overbooking issues and damaged luggage cases. These disruptions are also not necessarily directly tied to fuel prices or Spirit’s closure.<\/p>\n

Several of the airports that cracked the top 10 most disrupted airports did not offer Spirit flights, and conversely, some of the airports with the fewest flight disruptions did.<\/p>\n

These 10 airports, AirHelp found, had the fewest disruptions in April:<\/p>\n

Top 10 airports with fewest flight disruptions Baltimore\/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport \u2014 Baltimore, MD (42.4%)John F. Kennedy International Airport \u2014 Queens, NY (44.5%)Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport \u2014 Atlanta, GA (45.9%)Salt Lake City International Airporty \u2014 Salt Lake City, UT (48.4%)Nashville International Airport \u2014 Nashville, TN (49.7%)Harry Reid International \u2014 Las Vegas, NV (50.3%)Boston Logan International Airport \u2014 Boston, MA (51.4%)Orlando International Airport \u2014 Orlando, FL (51.4%)Austin-Bergstrom International Airport \u2014 Austin, TX (51.4%)Portland International Airport \u2014 Portland, OR (51.7%) <\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this story is from AirHelp and the U.S. Energy Information Administration.<\/p>\n

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