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These US airports are the worst to fly out of; see the list

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Published  July 15, 2025 8:31pm EDT
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FILE - Passengers wait in an otherwise empty terminal to check-in for KLM flight KL597 from Cape Town to Amsterdam, the only overnight international flight leaving the country's second busiest airport after other flights were cancelled on Nov. 29, 20

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    • The worst U.S. airport to fly out of was Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
    • The best was Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah.
    • The best overall was Cape Town International Airport in South Africa.

Flying can be stressful, but having to fly out of a less than favorable airport can derail travel plans.

AirHelp, an online service that helps airline passengers get compensation for canceled flights, delays or overbookings, ranked the best and worst airports around the world.

Here’s where U.S. airports ranked among the 250 from AirHelp’s list.

Did your airport make the list? 

The best and worst US airports 

For the full ranking, click here.

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AirHelp based its ranking on on-time performance, customer opinion and the food and shopping experience.

Best (and worst) airports in the world

Best

  1. Cape Town International Airport (Cape Town, South Africa)
  2. Doha Hamad International Airport (Doha, Qatar)
  3. King Khalid International Airport (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
  4. Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek (Brasília, Brazil)
  5. Muscat International Airport (Muscat, Oman)
  6. Tocumen International Airport Panama (Panama City, Panama)
  7. King Shaka International Airport (Durban, South Africa)
  8. Salt Lake City International Airport (Salt Lake City, Utah)
  9. Bergen Airport (Bergen, Norway)
  10. King Fahd International Airport (Dammam, Saudi Arabia)

Worst

  1. Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt)
  2. Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi, Vietnam)
  3. Dalaman Airport (Dalaman, Turkey)
  4. Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon, Portugal)
  5. Antalya Airport (Antalya, Turkey)
  6. Hurghada International Airport (Hurghada, Egypt)
  7. Heraklion International Airport N. Kazantzakis (Heraklion, Greece)
  8. Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
  9. Rhodes International Airport  (Rhodes, Greece)
  10. Tunis-Carthage International Airport (Tunis, Tunisia)

The Source: Information for this article was taken from an analysis conducted by AirHelp. This story was reported from San Jose.

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