Among the nation’s 25 busiest airports, Salt Lake City International had the lowest rate of canceled flights during 2017.
That’s according to a study released Tuesday by InsureMyTrip, a travel insurance company, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
It said only 0.4 percent of flights at Salt Lake City International — 448 out of 111,912 flights — were canceled that year.
The next lowest rates at the nation’s 25 busiest airports were at Phoenix Sky Harbor International, 0.56 percent; Minneapolis-St. Paul International, 0.57 percent; and Seattle-Tacoma International, 0.61 percent.
New York City’s LaGuardia airport had the worst rate, 3.23 percent. Behind it were Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental, 2.73 percent; Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, 2.7 percent; and Newark Liberty International, 2.57 percent.
The report said bad weather is the top reason for cancellation — and LaGuardia’s rate, for example, suffered because of cancellations from Winter Storm Stella last year.
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport had the most overall cancellations, 364,655. For the first time in five years, that was higher than the total at Chicago’s O’Hare International, which had 266,460. A December power outage in Atlanta contributed to the spike there.