The Best of the Biggest U.S. Airports
The first WSJ U.S. Airport Rankings uses 15 metrics to determine which of the 20 largest airports treat travelers better
By Scott McCartney | 11/14/18
The Wall Street Journal
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Call it the Mile-High Miracle: Denver International Airport is the best airport in the U.S. in the first-ever Wall Street Journal U.S. Airport Rankings. Once a symbol of high cost and dysfunction, Denver soared in rankings of reliability, value and convenience.
The rankings scored the 20 largest U.S. air depots in 15 categories, from on-time reliability to longest walk. The rankings are designed to reflect what matters most to travelers, including categories like security-line wait times, Wi-Fi speed, average Yelp scores for restaurants, average fares, Uber cost to the local convention center, rental-car taxes and fees, number of nonstop destinations and market dominance of the largest airline.
The rankings also relied on an extensive survey of WSJ readers whose input on overall experience, ease of use, security, restaurants, shopping, airline clubs, bathroom cleanliness, electric charging outlets and other categories was graded and scored.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bes...rts-1542204004
RANK/AIRPORT/OVERALL SCORE
1 Denver (DEN) -- 70.5
2 Orlando (MCO) -- 68.33
3 Phoenix (PHX) -- 63.83
4 Atlanta (ATL) -- 58.5
5 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -- 57.5
6 Las Vegas (LAS) -- 56.83
7 Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) 52.33
8 Charlotte (CLT) -- 52
9 Los Angeles (LAX) -- 50.83
10 Boston (BOS) -- 49.83
11 Minneapolis-St Paul (MSP) -- 49.67
12 Houston Bush (IAH) -- 48.83
13 Miami (MIA) -- 46.33
14 Detroit (DTW) -- 45.67
15 Chicago O'Hare (ORD) -- 45.33
16 San Francisco (SFO) -- 40.83
17 Philadelphia (PHL) -- 40.67
18 New York LaGuardia (LGA) -- 36.5
19 New York Kennedy (JFK) -- 27.83
20 Newark (EWR) -- 21.17