New York airports account for 41 of 50 most-delayed flights

Of the country's 50 tardiest flights, 41 started or ended at Newark, LaGuardia or Kennedy Airport, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for Bloomberg News.

The figures offer the first full-year glimpse at delays on individual routes in the biggest U.S. aviation market and the ripple effect across the nation. The statistics agency ranked almost 3,400 flights based on how often they arrived late, defined as 15 minutes or more beyond schedule.

New York-area flights make up 12 percent of operations at the 35 largest airports while accounting for almost half the delays, according to the Air Transport Association. - Bloomberg News