FlightAware has just announced the list of international airports with the lowest cancellation rates during the summer period from May 27, 2022 to July 31, 2022, after summarizing more than 26,000 destinations. Among them, Tan Son Nhat is on the list of airports with a cancellation rate of less than 0.3% (the lowest in the world).
Also on the list are Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport (Philippines), Changi Airport (Singapore), Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (Turkey), São Paulo-Guarulhos Airport (São Paulo, Brazil), Qatar's Hamad Airport (Doha, Qatar) and Jeju Airport in South Korea.
In the opposite direction, the 10 international airports with the most flight cancellations include: Shenzhen Bao'an (China - cancellation rate 7.9%); Newark Liberty (USA - 7.4%); LaGuardia (USA - 7%); Toronto Pearson (Canada - 6.5%); Soekarno Hatta (Indonesia - 6.2%); Sydney Kingsford Smith (Australia - 5.9%); Guangzhou Baiyun (China - 5.2%); Ronald Reagan Washington (USA - 5%); Chongqing Jiangbei (China - 4.6%); Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands - 3.9%).
Tan Son Nhat is among the airports with the lowest flight cancellation rate at 0.3%.
In addition, FlightAware also ranked the airports with the most delays, with Toronto Pearson of Canada ranking first with a rate of 52.5%. Tan Son Nhat is one of the two busiest airports in Vietnam, and during the peak summer season, it continuously welcomed a record number of flights. Tan Son Nhat has a designed capacity of 28 million passengers/year, but since 2017, this airport has welcomed 36 million passengers, in 2018 welcomed 38.3 million passengers and in 2019 welcomed more than 40 million passengers.
In the first 6 months of 2022, the number of passengers passing through Tan Son Nhat is estimated to reach nearly 14.8 million, reaching 52.9% of the plan for the whole year 2022. On average, the airport serves from 98,000 - 100,000 passengers per day. The plan for the whole year 2022 is that Tan Son Nhat airport will serve more than 28.3 million passengers.
