Do you love to travel? I do, but there are some airports that I prefer over others. I live in St. Petersburg and have yet to fly out of this city. Ive flown out of Tampa International however and I love it. Others do as well because it is ranked the number 3 airport on Floridarental.com.
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Florida Rental ranked the best and worst airports in Florida! Melbourne Orlando International’s came in at number one. Never been there but they recently announced a $72m terminal renovation and expansion project.Want to avoid the worst airports in Florida? Well, our friends over at Floridarental.com has came up with a list for us! They have all 19 Florida-based airports and they ranked each destination against 14 factors to receive a score out of 100.
How They Got The Score
The rankings are based on several factors such as: Average minutes delay per flight, average minutes delay due to weather, number of scheduled outbound direct flight destinations, average cost of hotels within 5 miles ( for one night) average minutes delay due to security, average minutes delay due to aircraft arriving late, and percentage of all operations cancelled.
Have any idea what the worst airport in Florida is? Without telling you the exact airport, I will say they have been making some great improvements. There’s now a great bar with runway views between Gates. They have great food trucks in the short term parking lot’s and more!
When it comes to traveling, what things exhaust you? I must say everything about the traveling makes me uninterested. It might be because I have yet to fly anywhere for fun this year. Work trips only and this may be the problem. Do you think my travel experience would be different if I flew out for fun?
Below you will find the worst ranked airport in Florida along with 4 others that had a low ranking. This is all according to Floridarental.com. Make sure you check out their full list as well!
15. Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach
This airport received a score of 54.89 . You do get free entertainment here though!
16. Northwest Florida Beaches International
This airport received a score of 51.27 score. Flying out of this airport is a great way to get to the Panama City Beaches. They are plaining to expand the parking in this airport.
17. St Pete Clearwater International
This airport received a score of 39.23! There was a story a couple of weeks ago where passengers experienced extreme turbulence. Well, it was out of this airport.
Orlando Sanford International
This airport received a score of 35.37. Im shocked that this airport received a low score. I fly here all of the time and there is so much to do if you have a flight delay.
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19. Punta Gorda Airport
According to Floridarental.com this is the worst airport in Florida. It scored a 33.84 out of 100. PGD has an average 21 minute 13 second flight delay, and an average 46 minute 24 second delay due to the aircraft arriving late. 28.49% of PGD’s operations are delayed.
