美国国家公共电台 NPR--These are the best and worst airports in the nation

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These are the best and worst airports in the nation

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Dawn Gilbertson, a columnist² covering all things travel for the Wall Street Journal, talks about the best and worst airports in the U.S.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

About a million of us here in the U.S. will spend some time in an airport during this upcoming Thanksgiving. If all goes according to plan, you get to the airport, glide³ right through security check and take off on time. Or maybe you get the flip⁴ side - weather delays, an overbooked flight, and to top it all off, they lost your luggage. We've all been there, which is why Wall Street Journal columnist Dawn Gilbertson has a ranking of the best and worst airports in the U.S.

DAWN GILBERTSON: We look at 19 criteria⁵, from on-time arrivals to Uber costs to even the price of a bottle of water. And we broadly put them in three categories - reliability⁶, convenience and value.

MARTIN: So who was the best?

GILBERTSON: Well, No. 1 among the big airports might surprise some people. It's San Francisco International Airport. What vaulted⁷ San Francisco to the top is their on-time performance. I mean, it's north of 80%.

MARTIN: SFO, first in class, despite all that fog. For best midsize airport, you don't have to travel far. It's California for the win again.

GILBERTSON: Sacramento Airport, you know, which is not all that far from SFO. You know, it's a delightful⁸ little airport. I spoke⁹ with the airport director, and she was telling me that, you know, even the landscapers there help direct passengers.

MARTIN: OK. We all know there're some crowded, hard-to-navigate airports. You may be headed to one right now, but which one is considered the worst of the worst?

GILBERTSON: This probably will not surprise anybody who's ever traveled through the Northeast, but Newark takes the crown yet again. It's just really congested there.

MARTIN: Poor Newark. But what about the best airport for, say, a good snack while you wait?

GILBERTSON: When you come to Phoenix¹⁰ - and you can get, you know, the, you know world-famous guacamole from Barrio Cafe in Terminal 4.

MARTIN: Terminal 4, Phoenix - guac for Thanksgiving it is.

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