How does middlesex stack up for air fares, on-time flights?

UGH! That's bound to be your instant reaction when you see the word "airport," especially if you're a person who has endured today's long lines, pat-downs, baggage

fees, surly workers, crowded gate areas, dirty restrooms, weak WiFi, flights delayed, flights cancelled, garbled announcements, bad food at high prices, and annoying monitors booming cable

news. Not to mention confusing fares, packed planes, cramped cabins, smelly seatmates, testy flight attendants, disgusting seat-back trays, bumpy flights, late landings, dragged-out

deplaning, missed connections, baggage delays, lost luggage, and aggravatingly long bus rides to your parked car. Ugh, indeed. Think you’ve had it worse than most air travelers? Find out how

your local airport stacks up against others across the U.S. when it comes to ticket prices, on-time arrivals and departures, and more. AVERAGE AIR FARES FROM MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY According

to the government’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, people flying out of Newark Liberty International (EWR) or Trenton Mercer (TTN) or Atlantic City International (ACY) are paying an

average round-trip fare of $394.47 and $131.79 and $107.46 respectively. What do you think? Does that seem high to you? Or maybe lower than you've experienced? Remember, that's the

average. The average airline ticket price in the State of New Jersey during the third quarter of 2018 was $210.54, the government says. The national average airline ticket price during the

quarter was $444.27. In New Jersey, you'll pay an average 71% less than the national average. REGION AIRPORT AVG. FARE U.S.A. — $444.27 New Jersey — $210.54 Newark Newark Liberty

International $394.47 Trenton Trenton Mercer $131.79 Atlantic City Atlantic City International $107.46 ON-TIME PERFORMANCE AT EWR & TTN & ACY Now let’s see how your airport rates for

getting flights in and out on time. And see if your feeling that the place is ALWAYS running behind schedule is accurate. Given your ease-of-access to multiple airports, consider booking

your next flight from the airport with the best on-time performance. Of the departures from EWR and TTN and ACY last year, 73.9% and 64.2% and 87.1% respectively got off on time, and 22.8%

and 32% and 11.7% respectively were delayed. Now you know the odds, next time you have a flight to catch. Where you live, do the airports have some work to do? For comparison, 82.0% of

flights at all U.S. airports were on time last year through October and 16.0% were delayed, according to the federal agency.