The worst airports in the US and around the world this summer

Summer's almost officially over and that means the season's air travel crush and hopefully the chaos is about to subside.

The last big summer travel weekend for Americans ended on a relatively high note.

Kathleen Bangs, FlightAware's Kathleen Bangs, says that it is down to a variety of factors, including excellent weather across the US, for the most part.

Bangs, a former airline pilot and spokeswoman for FlightAware, said that the airline's staffing would be increased over the summer.

The number of passengers screened at the US Transportation Security Administration checkpoints exceeded passenger volumes for the first time over a holiday weekend since the pandemic began on a weekend.

Is the weekend a good indicator of lower levels of disruption?

Summer air travel has been a mess in the US and around the world, as a result of hopes for smoother skies ahead.

Which airports were the worst this summer in terms of delays and cancellations?

Here's how things shook out in the United States and globally, based on FlightAware data from May 27 to September 5 Worst US airports for delays and cancellations this summer.

A quarter or more of the US airports with the highest percentage of arrival delays saw their flights delayed this summer, with Chicago Midway logging nearly 38% delayed.

New York area airports struggled with delays, with JFK and Newark in the top 10, as did Orlando International Airport in Florida. New York and Florida were frequently cited by airline executives as spots affected by air traffic controller staffing issues because of the airline's share of operational struggles.

Here are the US airports with the highest percentage of flights delayed:

The New York area airports had high cancellation rates this summer with Newark and LaGuardia leading the way with nearly 7% of their flights canceled over the course of the summer travel season between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day.

Here are the US airports with the highest percentage of flights canceled:

The worst airports around the world were closed this summer for delays and cancellations.

Canada is out of town for massive delays this summer, looking at airports around the world. Nearly half of its arrivals were delayed at two of its largest airports - Toronto Pearson and Montreal-Trudeau. More than a third of the flights at Vancouver's airport were delayed.

Air Canada rolled out a policy allowing airport and itinerary changes this summer to address longer than usual delays at Toronto Pearson.

During the period from late May through early September, airports in European travel hubs - Frankfurt, London and Paris were also plagued by delays.

Here are the airports with the highest percentage of delays around the world:

A large part of the summer's flight cancellations took place in China.

Since the outbreak, a strict Covid-containment policy has kept the country closed to most international travel, which has resulted in a huge damper on travel in China.

Newark and LaGuardia made the global list of cancellations, at Nos. Here are the airports with the highest percentage of flights canceled around the world: