Snakebite Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Seen another post which led me onto this. In terms of big airports theres a few I like. For a connection I quite like Schipol, has everything you want in large volume and affordable for the normal punter, unlike the Heathrow terminal 5 model of a designer gear shopping mall, which is torture. Been through loads in the States and the staff at Boston are very friendly, which surprised me for a big airport. Worst airport I've been would have to be Chicago O'Hare, the staff there are absolute scum and I would never go back through there. Midway in comparison was very smooth in my experience and that was being stuck there overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc_smfc Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Schipol is probably the best. Although I hate the Irish bar with a passion. I quite like Heathrow terminal 5. Mainly for the easy links into London. Places like Berlin Tiegel, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow Gothenburg, and Bremen are all glorified bus terminals. Norwegian airports feel like a rural bus stop, much like Wick and Sumburgh. Usually consist of a shop and nothing else, Norway made worse by their horrific over priced lager. Tokyo Haneda and Seattle-Tacoma are pretty basic. Gatwick is probably the worst of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker-T Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 37 minutes ago, Snakebite said: Seen another post which led me onto this. In terms of big airports theres a few I like. For a connection I quite like Schipol, has everything you want in large volume and affordable for the normal punter, unlike the Heathrow terminal 5 model of a designer gear shopping mall, which is torture. Been through loads in the States and the staff at Boston are very friendly, which surprised me for a big airport. Worst airport I've been would have to be Chicago O'Hare, the staff there are absolute scum and I would never go back through there. Midway in comparison was very smooth in my experience and that was being stuck there overnight. My favourite for novelty value is Iasi in Romania... it's tiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Coolest airport I've been to was Koh Samui in Thailand. It has a thatched bamboo terminal building and is surrounded by palm trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Domestically I like Newcastle, decent amount of bars/ food options, never hanging around long once you're on the plane, and the metro straight from the terminal into the city centre in about 20 minutes on the way back. Internationally I like Schiphol as well, probably been through it double figures of times either going to Amsterdam or connecting onwards, only once (last year actually) there was a 40 minute wait at immigration which was a ballache. Other times been as smooth as silk. edit: though if you're flying easyjet rather than KLM you have about a 9 mile walk to / from the gate and also about a 20 minute taxi from the stand to the runway. Worst airport experience I had was Buenos Aires International, only time I've had to run through the airport as I was already running late due to incoming flight to the domestic airport being delayed then a crash on the motorway, and then emigration was an absolute joke in terms of numbers of staff on, so that'll go for my worst, that or Rhodes, 3 hour delay back from Faliraki and literally f**k all to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I've flown a lot... a good airport and a bad airport is like night and day. The worst is either Dammam in Saudi, or Benghazi (as was) in Libya. Blowing it up improved it immeasurably. I really loath Ataturk purely because of the size of international departures and the general lack of wi-fi. Manchester is an absolute b*****d if you have to transfer from domestic to international. Best; Amman (a tiny version of Dubai) or San Francisco. Heathrow T5 is another good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: I've flown a lot... a good airport and a bad airport is like night and day. The worst is either Dammam in Saudi, or Benghazi (as was) in Libya. Blowing it up improved it immeasurably. I really loath Ataturk purely because of the size of international departures and the general lack of wi-fi. Manchester is an absolute b*****d if you have to transfer from domestic to international. Best; Amman (a tiny version of Dubai) or San Francisco. Heathrow T5 is another good one. I'm with you on Atatürk. It took over an hour to get through passport control and by the time I got to the baggage area my flight had dropped off the boards so I didn't know what carousel to go to. I asked one of the staff but he just shrugged and walked away. I wandered round them all before I saw my bag had just been dumped on the floor. It was pretty shambolic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Quite like Schipol and Munichs airport has a fantastic brewery in it and always breeze past security. Vegas airports allright with its slots to pass the time. Balked at the price for a few pints at its bar after essentially getting near free booze from the casinos though. Worst as in f**k all to do for me is Bankoks and Ryanair's Bremen terminal. Don't mind terminal 5, far better than terminal 3. Edinburgh's allright bar that stupid renovation they did to the security hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 14 minutes ago, Lofarl said: Quite like Schipol and Munichs airport has a fantastic brewery in it and always breeze past security. Vegas airports allright with its slots to pass the time. Balked at the price for a few pints at its bar after essentially getting near free booze from the casinos though. Worst as in f**k all to do for me is Bankoks and Ryanair's Bremen terminal. Don't mind terminal 5, far better than terminal 3. Edinburgh's allright bar that stupid renovation they did to the security hall. Vegas has a jersey mikes so it always gets the thumbs up from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I usually like Birmingham airport but getting to the gate today was murder with a sprained knee and having to go snake like through all the duty free shops first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Prestwick Airport is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Best for me would probably be Singapore as it's decent for a wander round when stuck for a while and facilities are good. Worst would be Nairobi or Delhi. Both overcrowded, chaotic and run down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 I seen a pamphlet down the stairs for Prestwick, think it came with one of the sunday papers, looked at the list of destinations, fucking rubbish! Suppose it just about caters to folk who want scum in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Snakebite said: I seen a pamphlet down the stairs for Prestwick, think it came with one of the sunday papers, looked at the list of destinations, fucking rubbish! Suppose it just about caters to folk who want scum in the sun. I used Prestwick 3 times last year and all 3 times it was for a 6.30am to Tenerife,i am scum in the sun and don't care.I had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Been through it a few times mate going to Benidorm and Tenerife like you, and I actually quite like it in terms of arriving cause you get in and out easy, but its actual facilities and list of destinations are woeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Just now, Snakebite said: Been through it a few times mate going to Benidorm and Tenerife like you, and I actually quite like it in terms of arriving cause you get in and out easy, but its actual facilities and list of destinations are woeful. I think the Scottish government bought it for £1 and it shows,if Ryanair ever pull out it is fucked, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I liked Vegas, KL and Schipol. Heathrow is a bland airport in that I have no positive or negative feelings about it at all. The inter Terminal bus was great one afternoon when I was the only person on it. In Europe I try and avoid Tegel, they even made great play out of the terminal I was in being a converted car park, and we did end up all stood very close like parked cars - as our flight was late it led to overcrowding both before and after security as the terminal was far too small. It was the terminal on the extreme left if you are facing the front door from the taxi rank. Outside of Europe, i will try and avoid Abu Dhabi airport - a disgusting hovel of a place, i cant understand why Etihad are seemingly so happy to fly into and out of somewhere that is filthy and seriously under-facilitated. The shops and eating options were terrible as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I quite like small airports like East Midlands or Edinburgh, where it's reasonably obvious where you're going, as opposed to somewhere like Charles de Gaulle which is just confusing as f**k. Chicago O'Hare was spoiled for me after I ended up there waiting for a connection to Austin for about 8 hours watching one flight after another get cancelled due to the weather. Then on the way back the incoming flight from Austin was late, missed the flight to Birmingham, and I had to wait about 4 hours to get on one to Glasgow instead. And Chicago is huge and we taxied for about 20 minutes from landing to gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I fucking hate airports, they're all shite. As has been said though, Schipol is bearable. Paris Beauvais? Apart from it being nowhere fucking near Paris, it is also outsized and outclassed by Dundee airport. Makes it my all time worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7C Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Based on personal experience: Best - Munich, Hong Kong, Tokyo Narita, Kansai, Vancouver Worst - Chicago O'Hare, Charles de Gaulle, Buenos Aires Jorge Newberry, Washington Dulles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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