The Insanely Clever New Way to Avoid Flight Delays - TripAdvisor Blog

hotels-live.com/blog - The Insanely Clever New Way to Avoid Flight Delays blog.tripadvisor.com/blog/2015/03/31/the-insanely-clever-... #MGWV If your flight is delayed, blame the airport, not the airline; that’s the main takeaway from a detailed statistical analysis of DOT flight data conducted by Nate Sliver on FiveThirtyEight. The piece is exhaustive, explicit, and entertaining. Silver concludes that airports at both ends of a trip—not just airlines—are the most important factors in determining whether or not a flight will be late. The most useful results of the analysis, for most of you, is to help decide two issues: If you’re traveling to a destination with multiple airports, you should choose the airport least likely to delay you. If you have to connect somewhere, avoid hubs most prone to delays. Some airlines are better than others, but the differences are generally minimal. The three worst airports for arrivals, with delays exceeding 20 minutes, are Newark, LaGuardia, and O’Hare; JFK is close at 19 minutes. If you’re heading to or from… Read More @Hotelslive by TripAdvisor #MGWV #Follow #RT blog.tripadvisor.com/blog/2015/03/31/the-insanely-clever-... via Hotels-live.com www.facebook.com/pages/p/125048940862168 via http://flic.kr/p/rTaveu