Is There A Direct Relation Between Flight Departure Times and How Crowded Airports Are?
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Moi asked:
Is there a direct relation between flight departure time and how crowded an airport is? Like, if your flight leaves early in the morning, the airport will be less crowded, right? So does anybody have any statistics on the effect flight departure time has on how crowded an airport is? Thanks!
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Is there a direct relation between flight departure time and how crowded an airport is? Like, if your flight leaves early in the morning, the airport will be less crowded, right? So does anybody have any statistics on the effect flight departure time has on how crowded an airport is? Thanks!
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August 17th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
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Yes of course there is, but those vary every day. Sometimes an airport security line can be packed at 6am and sometimes empty, depending on the number of planes leaving near the same time. you have to look on the airport website to determine how many flights are scheduled at each time.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:09 am
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Actually, early mornings can be messy too. Unless it’s on a Saturday. A lot of business people fly out early in the morning, or people getting an early start on a long weekend vacation. It’s pretty much all a guessing game. I actually find the airport to be quietest late at night. Again, some business people finish up early, and get on earlier flights…leaving the airport a little more empty late at night.
August 19th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
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Depending on where the airport is located, sometimes airlines schedule all the flights to depart at a certain time and arrive around a certain time. Here in Cincinnati, many Delta flights leave between 9:00 am - 10:00 am. Then during the airport is pretty quiet with planes landing around 10:30 - 11:30 so they will all depart again around noon or 1:00 pm. But some airports are almost always busy such as Chicago or Atlanta because there are so many flights operating out of those airports there are people waiting for their connecting flight.
So to answer your question, the airport will be more crowded if there is a number of flights departing at a particular time. No statistics to report but what I wrote is based on my experience.