What Is Your Least-Favorite Airport? -- What About Your Most-Favorite?

[arwalden]

Least favorites:

Dulles (VA) -- those stupid slow, cumbersome, antique, ferry-busses to get from the main terminal to the outer terminals

DFW (Dallas) -- those stupid bumpy, slow, jerky, late, TrAAins!

Favorite:

BWI (Baltimore) -- Great parking system with digital signs to indicate which rows have parking spots and little green lights OVER the empty spaces so you can easily spot them as you drive down the aisle.

[derby378]

1. Until we chase out the TSA, they all suck

But my favorite has got to be McCarran Airport in Vegas.

[Dr.Phool]

2. Cleveland definitly sucks big time

Tampa International is rated one of the 3 best in the world. I agree.

[arwalden]

4. I've Been In Tampa... It Seems To Be A Well-Run Airport, BUT...

But... I was only changing planes and passing THROUGH. I didn't have to deal with parking, ticketing, security, etc etc.

[DBoon]

3. Least is DFW

Impossible to navigate by car, terminals are spread out all over.

If you come in by shuttle, you get a short, very distorted pre-recorded notification of which terminal you flight is located. If you miss hearing your flight tough.

Best was Portland OR, before they "remodeled" it. You could easily walk from the terminals to short term parking/ car rental. There was even a gas station at the airport to fill up those rental cars. Plus the coffee they served at the airport was excellent. This was 10 yrs ago or so, I suspect it is now as impossible as any other airport.

[punpirate]

5. I'd have to go with DFW...

... as the worst.

Of the big-city airports, I think Minneapolis-St Paul is pretty good for being as spread out as it is. The people-mover walks do work, and help when lugging a bunch of stuff.

But, it seems as if nothing goes right at DFW. Trouble getting from one terminal to another, always something wrong with connecting flights, the planes, and getting out on another flight. DFW never has been pleasant.

[Bok_Tukalo]

38. DFW is the best and O'Hare is the worst

Although Orlando irritates me a great deal.

[swag]

47. PDX is still not too awful, post-remodel. And the free coffee persists.

Plus now the light rail, which stops just outside the terminal, will take you right downtown, and even out to the garish suburbs.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Dulles, DFW, Tampa suck

Logan in Boston has gotten better-it still has nightmarish traffic though.

[Skink]

9. Philly is the place for layovers.

[MrScorpio]

7. My fave is Schiphol in Amsterdam...

My least fave was the Osan Air Base Air Terminal during lunch time.

[elehhhhna]

16. oh yeah-Schiphol's nice--very efficient!

[bertha katzenengel]

8. I like BWI and SNA (Orange County CA, aka John Wayne)

I haven't traveled much, though.

[Burma Jones]

10. In my experience........

Worst Big - Dulles - Always being renovated, and yes, the lumbering buses are a pain in the neck.

AND LaGuardia - LaGuardia just stinks, on time performance is very poor.

Worst overall - San Antonio - Dirty, Dingy, Bad Air Conditioning



Best Big - BWI and Newark
Best Overall - Long Beach, CA - Just like stepping off the plane right into the 1940's. You walk down the steps right outside. When you land you go from the impressive mountains to the beautiful Pacific. Baggage claim is outdoors, I love this airport.

[arwalden]

11. Yeah... stairs rolled up to the plane are cool!!

I agree that it is very 1940-ish and fun. (But only when the weather is nice.) Planeside luggage pickup is good too... no chance of the bags getting lost enroute to a central luggage claim area.

[Cannikin]

12. Memphis is my least favorite

[Menshevik]

13. Argh, I hate those "TrAAins" at DFW!

I recall also disliking O'Hare when I was transferring from the domestic to international terminals. It was under construction and the signs directing you to the international terminal were nowhere to be found.

Moscow Sheremetyevo is horrible...absolute chaos there.

I like London Heathrow and Gatwick...and Paris Charles De Gaulle is pretty slick.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

14. Never flown international, but O'Hare is my fav for domestic...

BUT... prolly mostly cuz I know it so well. However, they are more efficient than most I've been to.

[davsand]

28. Gack! I loath O'Hare.

I honestly think that place is where the phrase "Airport Hell" originated. Literally, if I'm flying out of Illinois I'll book out of Champaign or some other small airport and connect anyplace EXCEPT O'Hare.

LAX was awful from what I recall of it, and I also remember thinking Miami was no real joy--but I can't remember what it was about them that I disliked. (Maybe it was just me being cranky after being jammed into too little space for too long on what passes for commercial flights.)

St. Louis Lambert is quite tolerable, Indianapolis is a good airport to fly out of with a kid (don't laugh--some are just awful!) and I have to admit, I was pretty favorably impressed with McCarran Airport when I was in Las Vegas.

I honestly think flying is such a stressful thing these days that nobody is ever going to be thrilled with any given airport.



Laura

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

35. Well, like I said, I know it well - which has a lot to do with my opinion.

Also, the security there is MUCH more efficient than many other places I've been... and friendlier in my experience, too.

I am in Milwaukee now and fly out of O'Hare whenever possible. You can go direct ANYWHERE from Chicago. I also fly American Airlines whenever given the option. They have good presence at ORD, not so much here in Milwaukee.

I have 3 trips in a few weeks out of Milwaukee: Minneapolis, Dallas and Vegas - we'll see how those go. I've never stepped foot in TX before and all the DFW remarks are not encouraging.

[davsand]

39. You DO have more choices out of O'Hare. Very true.

You can get better schedules and maybe even save some cash by flying out of there. That really is what it is all about, I guess...

I dunno--my dislike for O'Hare is an old one and certainly one that is based on bad personal experiences. I've never felt like O'Hare was a "happy place" and you are one of the few people I have ever heard say anything nice about services and attitudes there. Maybe they have cleaned it up and improved it...

Next time I fly maybe I'll give it another chance--I dunno.


Laura

[elehhhhna]

15. Least: Miami Int'l. Best: Own Robert on Grand Cayman

[BlueCollar]

17. DFW has replaced the TrAAin

http://www.dfwairport.com/flyer/05/05/skylink.html

I just used skylink last week...fantastic.

Worst airport: Miami

Best airport: Redding Municipal LOL

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Least Favorite: Detroit Metro....ACCCCK!!!

Most favorite: Burbank...it's such a cute little airport.

[nytemare]

20. I thought Detroit was kinda cool

It is long, that's for sure!

[sakabatou]

41. Burbank is awesome.

My least favorite would be JFK.

[sundog]

19. fave - Albuquerque Sunport; least fave - the airport formerly known as

Washington National -- what a depressing place! i haven't seen it since the 'makeover'

Albuquerque Airport is somewhat small, but friendly & very easy to navigate :)

[Left Is Write]

21. Of those I have been to, Detroit is my least favorite.

Chicago O'Hare would rank next least favorite.

Boise and MSP are the ones I'm most familiar with, and they are both okay.

I liked Nashville's airport.

The only other airports I have been to are Sea-Tac, San Francisco, Phoenix, Denver, Orlando, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Memphis, and a few small stops like Lansing, MI and Wausau, WI.

[amazona]

31. I'm surprised at that

The northwest terminal of DTW is very nice, although I don't know what the gag is with the hallucinogenic flashing blue tunnel for the puddle jumpers.

[Left Is Write]

46. My two experiences there include a four-hour delay while aboard

the plane and some very rude airport employees. Those experiences color my judgment, I'm sure.

[Donkeyboy75]

22. My two worst are Newark and London Heathrow

Favorites are Seoul, South Korea (in Incheon, recently built...awesome and spacious) and (I'm going to get shit for this) O'Hare in Chicago.

[NashVegas]

23. Least - Logan - Clean the Fricking Bathrooms!

I was at Logan once and couldn't get over the stench.

I like Nashville's airport, cause it has a smoking lounge.

I like London/Gatwick even better, because it has a smoking lounge that's not encased.

[Wapsie B]

24. MSP has a lot of things I like about it.

The trains are fast and efficient. Parking's been greatly improved. I love the motorized walkways. But whoever designed the curbside pickup area is crazy. It's an exercise in chaos. To me it ruins the whole experience of being at that airport.

I like Orange County, CA. Everything's so well run.

[amazona]

30. I've twice seen rats at MSP, right out there in the bar/restaurants

So it ranks very high on my all-time list of crummy airports. They need to do some rodent control.

I wasn't too thrilled about all the guys with guns after 9-11, either, especially when I later learned the guns were unloaded. Don't put up a scarecrow to fight a terrorist, sheesh. At least they got rid of that sideshow.

[blondeatlast]

25. Least=Oakland. Ugh. You have to walk miles and miles

to get to the boarding gates, and that is just the beginning of my distaste for it.

Favorit=Phoenix, even if I am prejudiced. Well-laid out and it never seems busy even on holidays.

[terrya]

26. Least favorite : DFW Most Favorite : Pearson International, Toronto.

I love Pearson. Clean, very well laid out. Easy to get around.

[Reverend_Smitty]

27. I can't stand Philly

I've had my share of troubles with US air and massive delays. The last time I was at Philly I had a delay so long that it caused me to miss my connecting flight and I had to spend the night at some hotel in Greensboro NC (courtesy of US Air). Yes I took a shuttle on the Billy Graham Memorial highway to some Hampton Inn.

As for favorite...

That is a tough one because they all pretty much suck but I would have to go with Myrtle Beach. It's small, easy parking and you don't have to walk a mile to get to your gate

[Misunderestimator]

29. Atlanta worst... Tampa best.

:hi:

I always have to sprint to connections in Atlanta... it's a horrible bottleneck there.

(Oh yeah... and LAX sucks big time too.... at least the security lines.)

[Seabiscuit]

32. Worst - Miami. Second worst - O'Hare. Best - Reno.

[DS1]

33. My favoritest ever is TF Green in Rhode Island

It's small, efficient, and fast. My most hated would probably be La Guardia, in NY.

[undeterred]

34. Detroit sucks

[Initech]

44. It does only if you're flying an airline that's not Northwest.

But yeah, I agree!

[swag]

36. Least favorites: George Bush Intercontinental (Houston) and

Reagan National (DC). Gore Vidal once remarked that the Senate displayed a very rich sense of irony when naming one of the most unsafe airports in the nation (those very short runways are just plain scary) after the President who fired the air traffic controllers.


Favorites:

Madrid, ES, because it's always the start of something glorious

PDX (Portland), because when I land there it means I'm home

Hartsfield (Atlanta), because the bars in the international wing are always swinging with a wild party atmosphere

[flamingyouth]

37. Least favorite - Houston Intercontinental

For many reasons, but that Bush statue doesn't help.

My most favorite? I don't know, probably Sea-Tac because I'm most familiar with it. I also like SFO.

[Lannes]

40. Tampa best JFK least

For convenience only.

[swag]

42. Arwalden, another glory of BWI is that in the gift shops you can get

Berger Cookies! (bka "Baltimore Fudge Cookies")

[Initech]

43. My picks:

Least:

DFW (Dallas) - Only because the last time I went there, I was forced to stay overnight because of an airport closure

LGB - Long Beach - The only reason I go out of there is for Jetblue flights, but it sucks if you have to wait long periods of time for your flight because there's nothing to do!

DTW (Detroit) - The Northwest part of the airport is very nice, the rest of the airport sucks ass. At least use some WD40 on the baggage claims every now and then!

PHX (Phoenix) - I hate flying Southwest. And this airport, you have to walk 500 miles before you get to your connecting flight.

Most favorite:

LAX - because I like to watch the huge 747s and A340s land and take off.

SMF (Sacramento) - Very nicely renovated! Has the best food court of any airport I've ever been in!

LAS (Las Vegas) - The new terminal where the airlines that are NOT Southwest or America West go is pretty impressive!

[JackDragna]

45. My two cents.

My favorite is O'Hare. It may be busy as hell, but the airport itself is well-run. I've always received excellent service when I've a problem there.

My least favorite is Denver. Obnoxiously sprawly and poorly laid-out.

[usedtobesick]

48. mine....

Worst

Heathrow -just out of control
Phoenix- worlds worst for on time or getting stranded
Dulles- vans, layout, crappy red carpet clubs
San Diego- United terminal is just bad but club is Ok

Best
Hartford- getting better everyday
O'Hare- best place to play
Long Beach- Just the right size and love the stairs as well
Monterey- well it is in Monterey!