US Airports

The security lines at JFK and LAX can be horrendous. But these airports have something in common worse than the [gripes:swipe] of jaded travelers. A new study finds that they, along with Honolulu International Airport, are the most likely to [facilitate:relate] the spread of a major [pandemic:academic] . Researchers at MIT used real traveler patterns, geographical information and airport waiting times to predict what US airports are the most likely to spread an epidemic from its origin. The [findings:results] are reported in the journal Public Library of Science ONE. The surprise is that the key airports are not [necessarily:intentionally] the largest or busiest.