Stressful Airports? Philly Made the List, Study Finds

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A view of the parked planes at the Philadelphia International Airport
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Domestic airfares are down right now at Philadelphia International Airport.

Flying is stressful even for experienced passengers, and airports apparently contribute to that stress, even in Philadelphia, writes Claudia Dimuro for Penn Live.

According to a new study by the Hawaiian Islands, Philadelphia International Airport has been deemed Pennsylvania’s top anxiety-inducing airport. 

About 57 percent of airport reviews in the study listed PHL as a top stressor.

They analyzed more than 1,500 reviews on Google for hundreds of airports worldwide.

Nationally, Albany International was named the most stressful, even though it’s not nearly as busy as JFK, also in New York.

The study acknowledged that many of the busiest airports in the United States are also the most stressful.

 “Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, for example, is the busiest travel hub in the world, processing 75 million passengers a year,” the study stated. “Some 60.2 percent of Google reviews for ATL indicate stress, the most of any airport in Georgia and seventh most in the U.S.”

The top five most stressful airports in the United States are (in descending order):  Albany, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Oakland International Airport in California, Miami International Airport, and Orlando International Airport in Florida.

Read more about PHL and stressful airports at Penn Live.

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