0America's Airports, Ranked From First to WorstAs Americans prepare for the great holiday air migration, The Daily Beast crunches the latest numbers to again determine the best—and work—airports in the country.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 7:50PM EDT / Published Nov. 19, 2009 12:11PM EST Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images #1, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images #2, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)Ted S. Warren / AP Photo #3, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) Al Behrman / AP Photo #4, Los Angeles Airport (LAX) Nick Ut / AP Photo #5, Orlando International Airport (MCO)Newscom #6, Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) Douglas C. Pizac / AP Photo #7, McCarran International Airport (LAS)—Las Vegas Ethan Miller / Getty Images #8, Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT)Streeter Lecka / Getty Images #9, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)—HoustonRNewsFoto / Houston Airport System #10, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images #11, Denver International Airport (DEN)George Rose / Getty Images #12, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) Walter Bibikow / Corbis #13, Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images #14, Logan International Airport (BOS)—BostonMichael Dwyer / AP Photo #15, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) Kainaz Amaria / Sipa Press #16, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images #17, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)Donna McWilliam / AP Photo #18, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL) Lou Toman / South Florida Sun-Sentinel #19, LaGuardia Airport (LGA)—New York CityDavid Goldman / AP Photo #20, Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)Jim Damaske / Newscom #21, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) George Rose / Getty Images #22, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)William Thomas Cain / Getty Images #23, Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)Paul Beaty / AP Photo #24, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)Erik S. Lesser / Getty Images #25, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)—New York CityMark Lennihan / AP Photo #26, Miami International Airport (MIA)Wilfredo Lee / AP Photo #27, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)Mel Evans / AP Photo
#1, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images #2, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)Ted S. Warren / AP Photo #3, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) Al Behrman / AP Photo #4, Los Angeles Airport (LAX) Nick Ut / AP Photo #5, Orlando International Airport (MCO)Newscom #6, Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) Douglas C. Pizac / AP Photo #7, McCarran International Airport (LAS)—Las Vegas Ethan Miller / Getty Images #8, Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT)Streeter Lecka / Getty Images #9, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)—HoustonRNewsFoto / Houston Airport System #10, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images #11, Denver International Airport (DEN)George Rose / Getty Images #12, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) Walter Bibikow / Corbis #13, Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images #14, Logan International Airport (BOS)—BostonMichael Dwyer / AP Photo #15, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) Kainaz Amaria / Sipa Press #16, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images #17, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)Donna McWilliam / AP Photo #18, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL) Lou Toman / South Florida Sun-Sentinel #19, LaGuardia Airport (LGA)—New York CityDavid Goldman / AP Photo #20, Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)Jim Damaske / Newscom #21, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) George Rose / Getty Images #22, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)William Thomas Cain / Getty Images #23, Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)Paul Beaty / AP Photo #24, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)Erik S. Lesser / Getty Images #25, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)—New York CityMark Lennihan / AP Photo #26, Miami International Airport (MIA)Wilfredo Lee / AP Photo #27, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)Mel Evans / AP Photo