Which airport is the worst organised?

After being delayed at the airport for 5 hours recently, it got me thinking, what are the most delayed airports in the world.

All data used to build the list below is taken from the Flightstats 2008 data.com site which records flight information about delayed and on time flights from every airport in the world.

Most delayed departures airports

1. Beijing Capital International, Beijing, China - percentage of on-time departures: 47.86%
2. Manchester Airport, Manchester, UK - percentage of on-time departures: 49.11%
3. Venice Marco Polo Airport, Venice, Italy - percentage of on-time departures: 53.59%
4. Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, Nice, France - percentage of on-time departures: 56.31%
5. Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino, Rome, Italy - percentage of on-time departures; 57.83%

So currently, it doesn't look very good for Italy, having two of it's airports in the most delayed list.

Most punctual airports

1. Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan - punctual percentage: 90.0%

Being the worlds fourth largest airport in the world and handling mainly domestic flights, Haneda holds the record for on-time departures at 93.3%, the airports on-time arrivals came in at 87% in 2007, giving it a total percentage of 90.0%

2. New Tokyo International Airport, Narita, Japan - punctual percentage: 84.2%

This airport is the Haneda's sister airport and was built to manage most of the international flights in and out of Japan. It has an on-time arrivals score of 82% and an on-time departures rate of 86% giving it an overall grade of 84.2%

3. Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei - punctual percentage: 80.3%

Taipei's airport opened it's second terminal in 2000 allowing it to handle 22 million customers in 2006. Taoyuan has an on-time depature score of 82% and an on-time arrivals rate of 78% giving it an overal score of 80.3%, leaving it almost tied with Sydney's airport.

4. Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney, Austrailia - punctual percentage: 80.1%

Handling over 30 million passengers in 2006, the Kingsford Smith airport is the biggest and oldest airport in all of Australia, and this was where I had my 5 hour delay. It's on-time departure and on-time arrivals rates are very similar. With a departure value of 79.3% and an on-time score of 81% giving it an overall score of 80.1%. Making it almost matched with Taoyuan airport.

5. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong - punctual percentage: 79.7%

This airport is the busiest in Asia and was voted airport of the year in 2007 by UK company Skytrax. It has on-time departures of 81.1% and a on-time arrivals score of 79.3%, giving it a total rate of 79.7%

It looks like Tokyo airports take the crown for most punctual airports, seeing as they pinched the top 2 spots, but overall, it looks like if you want a delay free holiday, you will have to visit Asia.

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