PlaneSane rankings
Worst US Airports for Weather
Major US airports with the most operationally challenging weather, year-round.
- 1Spokane International AirportGEG · Spokane · 132,993 flights85/100
- 2Portland International Jetport AirportPWM · Portland · 75,995 flights85/100
- 3The Eastern Iowa AirportCID · Cedar Rapids · 56,043 flights85/100
- 4Buffalo Niagara International AirportBUF · Buffalo · 141,742 flights86/100
- 5Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR · Grand Rapids · 120,114 flights86/100
- 6Greater Rochester International AirportROC · Rochester · 95,598 flights87/100
- 7Westchester County AirportHPN · White Plains · 68,709 flights87/100
- 8Ted Stevens Anchorage International AirportANC · Anchorage · 132,680 flights87/100
- 9Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportDTW · Detroit · 853,579 flights87/100
- 10Mahlon Sweet FieldEUG · Eugene · 57,102 flights87/100
- 11Northwest Florida Beaches International AirportECP · Panama City · 58,758 flights87/100
- 12Theodore Francis Green State AirportPVD · Providence · 99,455 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.