As a passenger, Singapore Changi with the garden and waterfall.
Not a pilot, can’t answer from that point of view.
I like the Colorado Springs airport. Small lines and chill vibes.
Cologne, because it’s my home airport and it is nice and small and cozy. The wait for checked baggage is ridiculously long though.
My old home airport, Berlin-Tegel, was wonderful. Only 50m from the entrance to the plane. Now they closed and I have to use that abomination in Schönefeld.
Otherwise, Singapore-Changi deserves all the praise. Tons of food, monorails to everywhere (except that one cheap terminal), gigantic shopping mall, orchids, immigration without being interviewed by some stupid agent, check-in for Singapore Airlines even possible at the wrong terminal.
Doha and Bengaluru
Frankfurt International (FRA). As long as it’s not terminal 2 for American Airlines.
Never had long queues there. Always the cheapest flights. Solid choice of restaurant.
Just wish the signs for the monorail were more prominent and less confusing
Hollywood Burbank Airport
Its the only airport I’ve ever flown in or out of that lets you board an deplane from both the front and back doors on a 737.
Baggage claim is actually outdoors! You get your bag and are standing about 30 feet from the arrivals pickup road.
Its a fun small airport with a prime location.
Denver has quite a nice one. Or did last time I was through there, which to be fair was like 2002.
Denver on a slow day, which is rare, and only for the weird airport lore, gargoyles and also Blucifer, the demon mustang with big ole blue balls and a huge asshole. The trams are really good, but everything else kinda sucks.
Thanks, I hate it
Look on the bright side! Blucifer killed its creator, so no other airport can ever be cursed with this “art”.
No
Portland, OR is easy and has some nice carpet
Tampa International Airport
I give thanks every time we land at home. Our airport is really awesome. Good layout, beautiful, long security line usually but otherwise so good.
I agree, having flown in and out of there a number of times, plus a layover once. I actually enjoy the tram rides out to the terminal areas.
Kansas City International Airport is now up there as one of the best! In my local opinion.
Now with gender neutral bathrooms. Which were surprisingly very nice. For an airport, it made sense.
For celeb-spotting and transit links: London City Airport. It’s nice being able to check your bags and fuck off into Stratford for a few hours. It’s super expensive though.
For a chill experience: London Southend Airport. Not in London, but loads of seating, decent views across the tarmac, and loooaaads of room.
For getting lost: Washington Dulles. Christ that place was designed by Stevie Wonder in a house fire. The sheer number of destinations is wonderous though fair play, a great place to feel like a tiny cog in a huge machine.
Back in 2012 my family and I flew home to the UK from Portugal and landed at London City.
We happened to be on the same flight as the UK Olympic athletics team. All super nice people. Better still, because of the athletes we got a priority passport control queue and the quickest baggage reclaim I’ve ever experienced - the bags were on the carousel before we even got there.
So, yeah, really enjoyed London City Airport but I definitely recommend flying with a team of Olympeans whenever possible.
I hate Atlanta way more than Dulles. Dulles and Orlando I’ve been through enough to almost be able to navigate blindfolded, so maybe that’s why I rate both higher than they deserve, but Atlanta… Christ I hate that place. And the airport is shit, too.
I thought Dulles was basically just one long, straight line building
In my limited experience I cannot stress enough how much I prefer small regional airports.
Walk in, bags checked and through security in 5 minutes, walk a short distance through an area that’s not crowded and not full of shops, and be seated near the gate with a coffee a few minutes later. After a short wait, because you don’t need to get there an hour or more early, walk across a bit of open tarmac to a plane that’s not bursting at the seams, then take off after hardly any taxiing. So good.
