These airports make passengers walk longer distances, sometimes more than two miles to your departure gate

Take the steps.

At some U.S. airports, the adventure can begin long before you reach your destination, once you finally get through security, it’s actually getting to your gate, a journey that can involve up to two miles of walking, according to a new revealing order.

In other words, forget the gym where you’re doing a serious workout, just trying to get out of town.

And while many flight centers offer useful time savings such as people moving, moving walkways, transit buses and trams, these too may still require some good, old-fashioned footwork between connections.

To see which airports really put passengers through their paces, KURU Footwear took the measure of America’s airports, looking for the ones with the longest walking distances from tickets to the farthest gate.

First reported by Reader’s Digest, here are the findings of the survey, which also polled 800 casual travelers about their personal experiences.

Occupying 17,000 acres in the middle of one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, #1 in the ranking, is the definition of an extensive study that found that a passenger can end up walking 2.16 miles. just trying to get in or out of the giant facility. Connecting here? Allow time.

Next is Washington-Dulles International Airport, where the latest mid-century terminal design and a fancy AeroTrain can’t solve all the problems of spreading passengers who can travel up to 1.62 miles once they arrive from A to B at this airport.

Filled with shopping and dining options, there’s only one problem the average traveler will face at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, not enough time to stop and appreciate them, since they have so much left. too much to travel to their gate.

IAH is another airport where transportation options can’t save you from going through it at least part of the way. Prepare to walk up to 1.52 miles, the researchers said.

At number four is Denver International Airport, with walking distances of 1.45 miles to reach the most remote departure areas, in some cases.

Meanwhile, New York’s JFK came in fifth if there was more land to build on, you know they would have made it bigger and even less user-friendly, but at 1.38 miles, it’s still a lot big.

That is, if you can even get to your terminal, what with all the construction going on lately.

Of course, the Big Apple’s largest airport has always been great at disappointing, the often-hated hub ranked last on the latest list of airports for the stress it causes the average traveler.

A big part of that points to the airport barrel’s latest estimate of the amount of time planes are stuck on the tarmac waiting either to take off or arrive at their gate.