The figures are plane terrifying—especially for New York fliers.

Air-traffic controllers monitoring the Big Apple’s choked airspace rack up mistakes at more than twice the national rate, an exclusive Post analysis of government data found.

Controllers in the New York City area make one error per 40,000 flight operations, Federal Aviation Administration figures show. That’s more than double the national average of one error per 84,000 flight operations.

It also is a higher rate than their counterparts in other big cities. For example, Atlanta controllers err in one out of 56,000 operations, while Chicago controllers make mistakes in one out of every 53,000 operations.

And, clearly, one air-control mistake can jeopardize many lives.

The figures take into account three groups of New York-area controllers: those in the airport towers, those who handle flights a little further out as they approach and depart the airports, and those who oversee planes at high altitudes in the region.

Most of the errors in New York City’s skies are made by controllers in the second category. They make mistakes in one of every 19,000 flights.

As for tower controllers, Newark’s rate the worst among the region’s three big airports, averaging one error out of every 28,000 flights. They are followed by Kennedy, with one mistake for every 49,000 flights, and La Guardia, with one mistake per 282,000 flights.

Overall, Kennedy controllers handle the most flight operations: an average of 1,292 daily. They are followed by Newark, with 1,168, and La Guardia, with 1,164.

Meanwhile, Westchester controllers erred only once, and Islip controllers were error-free during federal fiscal years 2009 and 2010, the period covered by The Post’s study.

Controllers believe that many of their mistakes result from trying to juggle too much air traffic in too small a space.

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