Airports and airlines where Labor Day travelers may need to book extra time ranked best to worst

Labor Day is upon us, marking one of the year’s busiest weekends for air travel, and while many will be taking to the friendly skies, not everyone will get where they’re going on time.To help travelers plan and pad their time accordingly, a new ranking reveals which airlines and airports are the biggest culprits for delays and disruptions.Analyzing data from the U.S.

Department of Transportation from 2020-2025, Rightway Parking has ranked major airlines and 45 airports on reliability and on-time performance, revealing stark differences between those that stick the landing and those that miss the mark on Labor Day weekend.According to the ranking, JetBlue is the worst offender with the highest Labor Day delay rate of any airline in the report: a staggering 23.1% of departures were delayed over the past half-decade.

Rounding out the bottom five are Frontier, American, and Southwest Airlines, all of whom averaged around 20% for delayed departures.On the sunnier side of the sky, Hawaiian Airlines had the most stellar Labor Day track with a nominal 8.3% of departures delayed; Delta was close at wing with 10.0% of departures delayed.

In terms of cancellations, American Airlines, at 2%, had the dubious honor of the highest share of canceled Labor Day flights, more than double Delta Airlines’ 0.4% cancellation rate.By airport, Dallas Love Field ranked worst for Labor Day travel delays from 2020 to 2025, with 20.7% of departures running late.In July, Brooklyn-based WNBA team The Liberty documented their travel delay at Dallas Love Field, with rookie Pauline Astier sharing that she and her team had been stranded on the tarmac for 10 hours.Coming in just behind Dallas Love Field in delays were Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (19.4%), Dallas/Fort Worth International (19.0%), and Houston’s William P.

Hobby (18.9%).Conversely, Honolulu’s Daniel K.

Inouye International Airport had the best on-time record of any airport, with just 8.9% of departures delayed...