Phoenix Sky Harbor ranks among the least stressful major airports in the country in a new analysis, though one number in the study cuts the other way. Rightway Parking looked at 55 of the busiest U.S. airports and scored each one on five factors: delay rate, cancellation rate, how much delays have grown since 2021, and the distance and drive time from downtown. It used 2025 federal flight data and Google Maps drive times. Sky Harbor came in sixth least stressful. Salt Lake City ranked first, followed by San Jose and Honolulu. Dallas/Fort Worth ranked most stressful, followed by Chicago O’Hare and Reagan National. Sky Harbor’s strengths were a low cancellation rate, 0.71 percent of flights in 2025, and a short trip from downtown, about four miles and nine minutes. The catch is delays. About 20.92 percent of Sky Harbor flights were delayed in 2025, meaning more than one in five. That is still below the highest rates in the study: Dallas/Fort Worth at 27.86 percent, West Palm Beach at ...