We have all had such experiences.

Air travel delays are not an unknown concept to anyone.

but, Destinations Of the roughly 2 million flights served, one airport in Alabama has some of the worst delay times in the country, according to data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

On the top 10 list, Montgomery Regional Airport ranked eighth with an average flight delay of one hour and 23 minutes.

A total of 404 flights were delayed in Montgomery for a total of 33,565 minutes, meaning airport patrons experienced a total of 23 days of delays.

Many of the airports on the list were large international airports, so the numbers were inflated to be higher than Montgomery's.

For example, Dallas-Fort Worth ranked third on the list, with 66,105 of 308,806 flights delayed for an average time of one hour and 29 minutes. This means that passengers at the airport experienced 4,096 days' worth of delays, more than 21 percent of flights were delayed.

“Interestingly, there's no clear trend in the data regarding airport size. With so many flights arriving at larger airports like San Diego International or Nashville International, it's not surprising people would assume that these larger airports would regularly experience significant delays,” said Jason Wilson, CEO of Place to Travel.

“However, research shows that a huge number of flights are still being delayed, resulting in stress for travellers and cancelled connecting flights, and to rectify this, air travel infrastructure needs to rapidly adapt to accommodate large volumes of passengers.”

Montgomery Airport is the smallest airport on the list, making its inclusion on the list all the more notable.

sauce: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

methodology: Data for U.S. domestic airline flights from January 2023 to February 2024 was obtained from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Flights were grouped by arrival airport, and the total minutes of delay experienced at each airport was divided by the total number of flights arriving at each airport to calculate the average delay per flight. Airports with fewer than 365 flights during the period were excluded to avoid skewing the data. Destinations.

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“Interestingly, the data doesn't show any clear trends in terms of airport size,” Place to Travel CEO Jason Wilson said.

“Because of the sheer volume of flights arriving at larger airports such as San Diego International Airport and Nashville International Airport, people might be forgiven for thinking that these larger airports would regularly experience much larger delays.”

“However, research still shows that a huge number of flights are being delayed, resulting in stress for travellers and cancelled connecting flights, and to rectify this, air travel infrastructure needs to quickly adapt to accommodate large volumes of passengers,” Wilson said.

Following the publication of the data compiled by Yellow Hammer News, DestinationsA representative for Montgomery Regional Airport released the following statement:

“MGM is committed to providing exceptional customer service that gets you from parking to your gate in three minutes,” asserts CM Executive Director Wade A. Davis. “We aim to eliminate interstate drives, red tape and shuttles, and maintain American and Delta's on-time service. We deeply appreciate the trust and confidence of our passengers and the community, and our commitment to providing a safe and efficient travel experience for all our customers is unwavering.”

MGM continues to outperform other airports. Additionally, the percentage of flights departing early from MGM during the period was over 65%. The national average for airports in the Southern region of the US is 21.17% of flights delayed, compared to 15.85% at MGM, which is the most important data point for air travelers. The average departure delay for major airports in Alabama was 83 minutes, while MGM's average delay was slightly longer at 91 minutes. These are the data points that matter most to passengers.

*Based on Bureau of Transportation Statistics data provided by Airline Data, Inc.

Michael Browner is a senior sports analyst and contributor to Yellow Hammer News. You can follow him on Twitter. translation: