Comments on: 10 best and worst airports for on-time departures http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/ The travel troubleshooter. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Claire Walter http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8345 Claire Walter Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:42:25 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8345 I'll bet Denver would have a better on-time departure record if so many aircraft were not late arriving in Denver -- usually from congested Chicago or New York or foggy San Francisco. The airport has six runways and ample taxiways too. Claire @ http://travel-babel.blogspot.com I’ll bet Denver would have a better on-time departure record if so many aircraft were not late arriving in Denver — usually from congested Chicago or New York or foggy San Francisco. The airport has six runways and ample taxiways too.
Claire @ http://travel-babel.blogspot.com

]]> By: Poley http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8241 Poley Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:56:09 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8241 Glad to see my home airport made the top ten best and my #1 destination is not on either. So tired of Philadelphia so now i connect in Vegas to go east. And No US Airways is not always that bad. Just stay away from the east coast hubs Glad to see my home airport made the top ten best and my #1 destination is not on either. So tired of Philadelphia so now i connect in Vegas to go east. And No US Airways is not always that bad. Just stay away from the east coast hubs

]]> By: Chicky http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8236 Chicky Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:42:03 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8236 Even if IAH gets you out the door on time, staying in that airport for any length of time is a horror. That "B" concourse should be razed to the ground. The air-conditioning hardly works and there's nowhere to sit. I changed planes there on one trip. Never again. Not even if I have to go from HSV to LAX via Omaha! Never again. At least O'Hare has plenty of seats and DFW has good Texas BBQ. Atlanta and Miami should be outlawed as hazardous to your mental health. Those airports resemble nothing so much as zoos on caffeine. Even if IAH gets you out the door on time, staying in that airport for any length of time is a horror. That “B” concourse should be razed to the ground. The air-conditioning hardly works and there’s nowhere to sit. I changed planes there on one trip. Never again. Not even if I have to go from HSV to LAX via Omaha! Never again.

At least O’Hare has plenty of seats and DFW has good Texas BBQ.

Atlanta and Miami should be outlawed as hazardous to your mental health. Those airports resemble nothing so much as zoos on caffeine.

]]> By: Deb http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8217 Deb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:13:28 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8217 It seems like a numbers game in a lot of ways - the airports that are busier have less on-time departures. I wonder what the percentage is based on total number of flights. Do they have a statistic that takes that into account? It seems like a numbers game in a lot of ways – the airports that are busier have less on-time departures. I wonder what the percentage is based on total number of flights. Do they have a statistic that takes that into account?

]]> By: Jasper http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8210 Jasper Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:32:42 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8210 @jlawrence01: It's funny you mention that. I recently got delayed at O'Hare because Midway flights were in the way. @jlawrence01: It’s funny you mention that. I recently got delayed at O’Hare because Midway flights were in the way.

]]> By: Joe S http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8208 Joe S Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:08:14 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8208 I wonder how IAH fared. CO is the major hub carrier there, and they managed to NOT make the top 10 worst list. I wonder how IAH fared. CO is the major hub carrier there, and they managed to NOT make the top 10 worst list.

]]> By: jlawrence01 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8196 jlawrence01 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:15:28 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8196 Notice that MOST of the worst on-time performance airports are hub operations and few of the BEST are. Wonder how much better Chicago-Midway would be if O'hare was not so close. Notice that MOST of the worst on-time performance airports are hub operations and few of the BEST are.

Wonder how much better Chicago-Midway would be if O’hare was not so close.

]]> By: MrBadExample http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8190 MrBadExample Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:54:50 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8190 Notice that Philadelphia and Charlotte make the list. Could it be that the operational abortion known as US Airways is the primary carrier at both airports????? Notice that Philadelphia and Charlotte make the list.

Could it be that the operational abortion known as US Airways is the primary carrier at both airports?????

]]> By: Mike http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/comment-page-1/#comment-8182 Mike Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:30:33 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/10-best-and-worst-airports-for-on-time-departures/#comment-8182 Notice that all of the top on-time airports are west of the Rockies? Notice that all of the top on-time airports are west of the Rockies?

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