Which US airports have the most cancelled flights?

From August 2025 to July 2026, New York's LaGuardia (LGA) cancelled 4.6% of scheduled departures, the most of the 102 U.S. airports with at least 10,000 departures, followed by Washington National (DCA) and White Plains (HPN) at 3.6%. Long Beach (LGB) cancelled the fewest, 0.4%; the average was 1.8%. Search for any airport by city or code.

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Measure: % of scheduled departures cancelled. Written from the data below.

  • New York, NY (LGA) has the highest figure, 4.6%, followed by Washington, DC (DCA) (3.6%) and White Plains, NY (HPN) (3.6%).
  • Long Beach, CA (LGB) has the lowest figure, 0.4%, followed by Boise, ID (BOI) (0.5%) and Oakland, CA (OAK) (0.6%).
  • The highest is 11 times the lowest.

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Airport % of scheduled departures cancelled
New York, NY (LGA) 4.6
Washington, DC (DCA) 3.6
White Plains, NY (HPN) 3.6
New York, NY (JFK) 3.5
Greensboro/High Point, NC (GSO) 3.3
Newark, NJ (EWR) 3.1
Madison, WI (MSN) 2.9
Richmond, VA (RIC) 2.9
Boston, MA (BOS) 2.8
Chicago, IL (ORD) 2.8
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) 2.8
Providence, RI (PVD) 2.8
Greer, SC (GSP) 2.7
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) 2.7
Rochester, NY (ROC) 2.7
Buffalo, NY (BUF) 2.6
Portland, ME (PWM) 2.6
Syracuse, NY (SYR) 2.6
Des Moines, IA (DSM) 2.5
Norfolk, VA (ORF) 2.5
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL (PBI) 2.5
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) 2.4
Hartford, CT (BDL) 2.4
Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR) 2.4
Charleston, SC (CHS) 2.3
Cleveland, OH (CLE) 2.3
Milwaukee, WI (MKE) 2.3
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU) 2.3
Louisville, KY (SDF) 2.2
Memphis, TN (MEM) 2.2
Albany, NY (ALB) 2.1
Knoxville, TN (TYS) 2.1
Savannah, GA (SAV) 2.1
Charlotte, NC (CLT) 2
Columbus, OH (CMH) 2
Pensacola, FL (PNS) 2
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) 2
San Juan, PR (SJU) 2
Wichita, KS (ICT) 2
Cincinnati, OH (CVG) 1.9
Detroit, MI (DTW) 1.9
Fayetteville, AR (XNA) 1.9
Fort Myers, FL (RSW) 1.9
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR) 1.9
Indianapolis, IN (IND) 1.9
Atlanta, GA (ATL) 1.8
Baltimore, MD (BWI) 1.8
Jacksonville, FL (JAX) 1.8
Little Rock, AR (LIT) 1.8
Tulsa, OK (TUL) 1.8
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC) 1.7
Orlando, FL (MCO) 1.7
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) 1.7
Birmingham, AL (BHM) 1.6
Miami, FL (MIA) 1.6
Tampa, FL (TPA) 1.6
Valparaiso, FL (VPS) 1.6
Chicago, IL (MDW) 1.5
Kansas City, MO (MCI) 1.5
Nashville, TN (BNA) 1.5
New Orleans, LA (MSY) 1.5
Dallas, TX (DAL) 1.4
Minneapolis, MN (MSP) 1.4
Washington, DC (IAD) 1.4
Burbank, CA (BUR) 1.3
Palm Springs, CA (PSP) 1.3
San Diego, CA (SAN) 1.3
St. Louis, MO (STL) 1.3
Austin, TX (AUS) 1.2
Omaha, NE (OMA) 1.2
San Antonio, TX (SAT) 1.2
Anchorage, AK (ANC) 1.1
Colorado Springs, CO (COS) 1.1
El Paso, TX (ELP) 1.1
Houston, TX (IAH) 1.1
Kona, HI (KOA) 1.1
Lihue, HI (LIH) 1.1
Santa Ana, CA (SNA) 1.1
Fresno, CA (FAT) 1
San Francisco, CA (SFO) 1
Tucson, AZ (TUS) 1
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ) 0.9
Honolulu, HI (HNL) 0.9
Houston, TX (HOU) 0.9
Kahului, HI (OGG) 0.9
Las Vegas, NV (LAS) 0.9
Los Angeles, CA (LAX) 0.9
Ontario, CA (ONT) 0.9
Phoenix, AZ (PHX) 0.9
Reno, NV (RNO) 0.9
Seattle, WA (SEA) 0.9
Bozeman, MT (BZN) 0.8
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) 0.8
Denver, CO (DEN) 0.7
Portland, OR (PDX) 0.7
Sacramento, CA (SMF) 0.7
San Jose, CA (SJC) 0.7
Sanford, FL (SFB) 0.7
Spokane, WA (GEG) 0.7
Oakland, CA (OAK) 0.6
Boise, ID (BOI) 0.5
Long Beach, CA (LGB) 0.4

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