Traveling to India and China? Pack your patience. Airports in those countries top third annual list of The World's Most Delayed Airports.
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport takes the prize for the airport with the least timely arrivals with just 45% of its scheduled passenger flights arriving on time. Beijing Capital International Airport has the worst departure record with just 38% of commercial passenger flights leaving as scheduled. Delhi's and Beijing's airports were at or near the top of our most-delayed list last year.
Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and Istanbul Ataturk International Airport round out the top three worst airports for timely arrivals. For departures, Dubai International Airport and Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport follow Beijing.
A flight is considered "on time" if it arrives or departs less than 15 minutes after its scheduled take-off or landing time. In many cases delays can be attributed to growing pains at a particular airport.
In most cases, delayed departures are simply caused by flights arriving late from other airports. Low-cost airlines frequently plan for short turnaround times on the ground. This can mean there is a higher likelihood of an aircraft possibly running late. And in many busy airports, air traffic also plays a role.
FlightStats gathers flight information from airports, airlines, flight reservation systems and other sources around the world.
For the world's least delayed airports, look to Japan and South Korea. Flights at Osaka's Itami Airport arrived and departed on time 94% of the time in 2009, according to FlightStats. At Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, 91% of passenger flights arrived on time, and 93% departed as scheduled.
Do refer to the article, "The World's Most Delayed Airports" in Forbes and to FlightStats who track historical and real-time flight information around the globe.
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