Ever had to make a tight connecting flight at Sydney Airport, where the international and domestic terminals are a public train or bus ride apart? It can be stressful.
Well Sydney is not even close to being the worst airport at which to make a connecting flight, the results of a new travel survey reveal.
Travel-tech company AirHelp analysed which airports pose the greatest risk for travellers in fear of missing their connecting flights, news hub Travel Mole reported.
The analysis examined internal data on missed flight connections at 196 airports with Italy’s Milan/Bergamo Orio al Serio (Carravagio) Airport recording the highest risk and Brazil’s Florianópolis Hercílio Luz International Airport achieved the highest score of 9, making it the airport offering the best chances for a smooth transfer.
The 15 best airports for connections: 1. Florianópolis Hercílio Luz, Brazil; 2. Tallinn, Estonia; 3. Goiânia Santa Genoveva, Brazil; 4. Indianapolis, US; 5. Florence Peretola, Italy; 6. Newcastle, UK; 7. Columbus John Glenn, US; 8. Genoa Cristoforo Colombo, Italy; 9. Kansas City, US; 10. Brindisi Papola Casale; 11. Jacksonville, US; 12. Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 13. Billund, Denmark; 14. Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 15. Quebec Jean Lessage, Canada.
And the riskiest: 1. Milan Bergamo, Italy; 2. Dallas Fort Worth, US; 3. Frankfurt, Germany; 4.
São Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil; 5. Philadelphia, US; 6. Atlanta Hartfield, US, 7. Chicago O’Hare, US;
8. Chicago Midway, US; 9. Warsaw Chopin, Poland; 10. Madrid Bajaras, Spain; 11. Charlotte Douglas, US; 12. Denver, US; 13. London Stansted, UK; 14. Munich, Germany; 15. Paris CDG, France.
São Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil; 5. Philadelphia, US; 6. Atlanta Hartfield, US, 7. Chicago O’Hare, US;
8. Chicago Midway, US; 9. Warsaw Chopin, Poland; 10. Madrid Bajaras, Spain; 11. Charlotte Douglas, US; 12. Denver, US; 13. London Stansted, UK; 14. Munich, Germany; 15. Paris CDG, France.
So lots of major US airports with warning lights.
“One of the most important factors in whether travellers miss their connecting flight is the available transfer time,” says Tomasz Pawliszyn, CEO at AirHelp.
“The more time passengers have between arrival and departure, the lower the risk of missing their next flight.”
Recommended connection times generally range between 30 and 60 minutes for domestic transfers, 60 to 90 minutes for transfers between domestic and international flights, and up to 120 minutes for international connections.
If you are going to miss a connection, it is best to do so in Europe.
If passengers miss a connecting flight because of a delay, airlines are required under EU passenger rights regulation EC261 to arrange alternative transportation to the final destination.
If the journey must continue the following day, travellers are also entitled to care services such as hotel accommodation, meals and transportation between the airport and hotel.
Under certain conditions, passengers may additionally be entitled to compensation of up to €600, for example if they arrive at their final destination more than three hours late, barring "extraordinary circumstances".
If the journey must continue the following day, travellers are also entitled to care services such as hotel accommodation, meals and transportation between the airport and hotel.
Under certain conditions, passengers may additionally be entitled to compensation of up to €600, for example if they arrive at their final destination more than three hours late, barring "extraordinary circumstances".
Source: AirHelp’s May 2026 analysis of 196 airports.
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