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It's Official, Just Blame Your Airline Delay Squarely on New York City

February 2, 2012 at 9:08 AM | by | Comments (0)

The next time you’re stuck in the terminal—or on the tarmac—with nowhere to go, there’s now officially someone to blame for your delay and disturbance. It’s actually not a person but more of a place, as it’s New York City that’s likely the spot causing all of the trouble.

The New York Times looked into the causes behind a lot of these airport and airplane inconveniences, and they found that the city’s busy air traffic and multiple airports are the places to blame. There’s been different flight plans from the FAA and even less planes overall thanks to the dip in the economy, but that still hasn’t helped the congestion up in the skies above the greater metropolitan area. Apparently the city’s three major airports—along with the airport in Philadelphia—accounted for around 12 percent of all the country’s domestic flights, but those few flights created like half of all delays.

As you know the delays add up, so a simple delay thanks to some shenanigans at LaGuardia can easily screw up your plans in St. Louis or Sacramento. We can’t blame any and everything delay-wise on the Big Apple, but if we point fingers at a few more cities and airports that might just account for around 80 percent of it. The seven biggest trouble makers in the country include New York-JFK, New York-LGA, Newark, San Francisco, Chicago-O’Hare, Philadelphia, and of course—Atlanta.

There are ongoing projects and plans to upgrade this and change that, but we’re thinking that until people stop flying these issues aren’t going to cease to exist anytime soon. Our suggestion is to cozy up near your favorite three-pronged plug and a delicious cup of airport coffee, as you just curse away your flight delay. At least you now know that you can probably just blame your problems on a few airports—especially if that’s where you’re stuck anyway.

[Photo: Jaunted]

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