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Worst US Airports for Weather

Major US airports with the most operationally challenging weather, year-round.

  1. 1Spokane International AirportGEG · Spokane · 127,041 flights85/100
  2. 2Portland International Jetport AirportPWM · Portland · 71,937 flights85/100
  3. 3Buffalo Niagara International AirportBUF · Buffalo · 134,624 flights85/100
  4. 4The Eastern Iowa AirportCID · Cedar Rapids · 53,524 flights85/100
  5. 5Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR · Grand Rapids · 114,482 flights86/100
  6. 6Greater Rochester International AirportROC · Rochester · 91,235 flights86/100
  7. 7Ted Stevens Anchorage International AirportANC · Anchorage · 125,241 flights86/100
  8. 8Mahlon Sweet FieldEUG · Eugene · 54,125 flights86/100
  9. 9Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportDTW · Detroit · 817,134 flights87/100
  10. 10Westchester County AirportHPN · White Plains · 65,720 flights87/100
  11. 11Northwest Florida Beaches International AirportECP · Panama City · 55,130 flights87/100
  12. 12Theodore Francis Green State AirportPVD · Providence · 94,879 flights87/100

How this list is built. Major US airports (50,000+ departures) ranked by year-round calm-weather score (lower = more frequently challenging), from a rolling seven-year window of IEM ASOS/METAR observations. Display-only context — advisory, not a guarantee for any one flight.

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