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You might want to pack a bottle of hand sanitizers the next time you fly.

A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has revealed the nation's 10 airports that are most likely to spread diseases.

"Our work is the first to look at the spatial spreading of contagion processes at early times, and to propose a predictor for which 'nodes' - in this case, airports - will lead to more aggressive spatial spreading," Ruben Juanes, the ARCO Associate Professor in Energy Studies in CEE said, according to ABC News. "The findings could form the basis for an initial evaluation of vaccine allocation strategies in the event of an outbreak, and could inform national security agencies of the most vulnerable pathways for biological attacks in a densely connected world."

1.       John F. Kennedy  (New York City)

2.      Los Angeles International

3.      Honolulu  International Airport

4.      San Francisco International Airport

5.       Newark Liberty International Airport

6.      O'Hare International Airport (Chicago)

7.       Dulles International Airport (Washington, D.C)

8.      Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (Atlanta)

9.      Miami International Airport

10.   Dallas-Fort Worth Airport