Denver’s airport is among the top-5 world’s worst for handling luggage

Have they ever lost your bags at Denver International Airport? Chances are a lot of you reading this just answered “yes” to that question, because it happens A LOT!

Arka did an analysis looking at two main variables: passenger volume and online searches for “lost and found services.” To ensure fair comparisons between airports, the search data was adjusted to reflect searches per million passengers. This helped identify airports with unusually high levels of interest in lost luggage.

Miami misplaces around 306 bags per million flights, beating out Chicago O’Hare and even Singapore’s famed Changi for the top spot in the world.

But then comes DIA at number four on the list… Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) was the only other U.S. airport in the top ten, coming in at at nine.

Moral of the story: give yourself extra time on connections and maybe slip an AirTag in that suitcase.