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My vote is for Las Vegas. What a clusterpuck. I think it was designed by a Pollock!
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Haven't been to the Vegas one in years.
Most depressing airport is the one in Frankfurt Germany. Everything is the color grey. The have grey flooring.. the ceiling and walls are painted to match the floor. The light fixtures.. grey. The window trims.. grey.. the curtains/blinds..grey. The hardware on the doors baked on grey enamel. Everything , even the uniforms people wear, the furniture and the mica on the counters... everything is ONE color.
My first impression was an almost sublime moment as I searched the the whole place with my eyes looking for something that wasnt grey. It dawned on me that this is what they mean when they say everything is good in measure.. even being practical.
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Haven't been to the Vegas one in years.
Most depressing airport is the one in Frankfurt Germany. Everything is the color grey. The have grey flooring.. the ceiling and walls are painted to match the floor. The light fixtures.. grey. The window trims.. grey.. the curtains/blinds..grey. The hardware on the doors baked on grey enamel. Everything , even the uniforms people wear, the furniture and the mica on the counters... everything is ONE color.
My first impression was an almost sublime moment as I searched the the whole place with my eyes looking for something that wasnt grey. It dawned on me that this is what they mean when they say everything is good in measure.. even being practical.
QFT.
Frankfurt is also the worst designed airport I've ever had the misfortune to have a layover in.
It's constantly under construction, the gates move to half floors (not kidding - we went down 2 flights on an escalator to go back up 1 flight and then over a half flight again - WTF??!?!?)
It sucks worse when your plane can't even come to the gate, you have to go down to the tarmac and then get on a bus to go out to a parking lot for the planes somewhere out in eastern germany.
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any airport in the middle east
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I think my vote still goes to Chicago-O'Hare (ORD). I hated making connections through that place because the architect somehow tapped into Escherian (or perhaps Lovecraftian) geometry and every gate is precisely 26 miles 385 yards from every other gate. That, with the guarantee that your arriving flight is going to be late (state law I think), made for many cases of running to a gate only to see the tail of my connecting airplane as it pulled away from the loading ramp.
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The top three in my books -
O'Hare - just a PITA
Close second - Newark - the on time rate is really low
Not in love with Kennedy only because it is on Long Island and a pain to drive to I believe it's on time record sucks too
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My vote is for the Detroit Metro.
Edit: 2nd Runner up would be Midway.
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Detroit Metro gets a close vote, however, Atlanta is one of the worst due to them cancelling flights on a whim for every little thing. I think that 2 out of 10 of my flights were successful and one of them was postponed for 3 days. I wasn’t happy. I try everything to get around Atlanta but most the flights that leave Daytona Beach or Orlando fly through the Atlanta Hub causing me to have low expectations on making an appointment on time. O’Hare is a mess as well. Beijing is hard, especially being an American. They screen you and really put you through hell and if you need a translator good luck. It’s hard to navigate around because the lay out there is all over and resembles a giant octopus or something with causeways that lead all over. Best airport imo… Orlando. I have never had a problem with it and everything is so close together it’s easy. Also Cincinatti Airport (which isn’t even in Cinci if I remember correctly) is a good one, and I love their restaurant area.
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I think the Cinci airport is across the river in Kentucky.
Yeah, the Atlanta airport usually was a mess and another I remember trying to avoid was Dallas - Ft. Worth.
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Atlanta never bothered me much. I like Milwaukee because it's so small.
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Ohare in my experience, never been to Frankfurt though. I purposefully route through atlanta instead of ohare when i plan my itineraries, because atlanta is far and away better then ohare.
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Turric posted:
Atlanta never bothered me much. I like Milwaukee because it's so small.
Milwaukee and Providence are two very nice small airports.
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Ohare in my experience, never been to Frankfurt though. I purposefully route through atlanta instead of ohare when i plan my itineraries, because atlanta is far and away better then ohare.
Hell, they're calling it "Airport City" now.
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Cork Ireland you have to go down to the tarmac = lame
There's a section of Heathrow (I guess it's domestic portion) that's crap.
Aside from that, the worst is DFW. I've had 2 lay-overs there that were in excess of 12 hours (one was a 16 hour adventure). Since then, I've paid extra to avoid it.
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Oh I've had some hellacious layovers in DFW from san antonio, but those were my choice to save money. I've slept in that airport overnight twice when I was in college.
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Newark is the worst for me.
Colorado is kewl because it has the pooka from Hibernia that greets you when you fly in.
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I've done a fair bit of traveling, and I'll throw in my two cents. This is a lot longer than I intended, for those not wanting to read everything, skip to the last paragraph.
Frankfurt, as depressing and confusing as it is, the planes are mostly on time, as long as you know what gate you're going to, there's no problems. Seeing security guards with Uzis is a plus though. You know they're real security guards, not the rent-a-cops we have here in the states.
Chicago is bad, but not the worst. Oddly enough, I've had my luggage arrive before me three times when connecting through ORD. If my plane is delayed/canceled, why isn't my luggage? Chicago definitely gets the Bermuda Triangle Award for airports.
Newark, the airport isn't bad itself, it is the toxic waste dump that exists right outside. I swear I can hear the Toxic Avenger running around right outside. I hate that place, I avoid having it as my beginning or ending destination if I can at all avoid it. However, it still doesn't make it into the "worst" category.
Dallas/Fort Worth, I'm always kind of surprised whenever this one lands on people's "worst" airport lists. I actually like DFW, and fly American regularly, since it's the main hub for them. The concourses are circular, and don't make sense at how they are laid out in relation to each other, but the gate locations are not confusing and with the new and improved tram system, it's not bad. And the remodeled D concourse is a nice place to relax and booze up in between flights. They don't even bus you out to the "annex" terminal any more, which is fantastic. Back with the old tram system and the annex terminal (A1-A through A1-M), yeah, it was bad, but now? Not even by a long shot.
Philadelphia, oh, this one's bad. It is a major city with a small town's airport. The facilities aren't up the monumental task of getting all those people and planes in and out of the airport. I think I've had more delays going through here than any other airport.
Phoenix airport, there's another bad one. This thing is just too many spokes for terminals, that don't make sense, and I have a sneaking suspicion they have a built in "delay flight" option there. There's some strange time warp there. Planes are late getting in, but on time getting out. I've missed more connections here than I can count.
Los Angeles, the famous LAX. It's getting dated, yet somehow manages to continue to funnel everyone through it with fairly little fuss. While I'm not a fan of LAX, I'm still somewhat in awe of the place. The only real problem there is the terminal for Southwest can only handle about 2/3 the people that go through there. If you're flying Southwest Airlines through LAX, get there early, like "oh damn, is it 3am?" early. Getting your bags checked in there is one of the worst things you'll have to do in a long while. Moral of the story? When flying SWA from LAX, don't check your luggage.
Detroit Metro, oddly enough, I like the retro look for parts of Detroit's airport. There's a tunnel between concourses that reminds me of the entrance to space mountain at Disneyland. It's rather cool(ish), and provides a mildly amusing time sink while waiting between flights. It would be nice if there were better options between the concourses, but it's definitely lacking in that department.
Los Vegas, sin city spills out onto the concourses there. If you don't know where you're going, you're going to have a hell of a time finding the tram to/from the terminals. The signs point to the left...go left, now the signs point to the right... go right... there's the signs telling you left again! Crazy, especially with all the one armed bandits ringing out with the rest of the crap creating a noise level that rivals sitting on the tarmac waiting on the planes. I hope your gate doesn't change there, for you'll never hear the announcement.
Atlanta is a great airport. Four spokes that converge in the center, concourses A-D. It couldn't be simpler. If it wasn't for the fact they like to randomly shuffle the gates on a regular basis (my personal favorite was having the attendant telling us the gate was moved from B6 to C3, we pack up and move from one to the other, only to get to C3 and find out it was really at B4. It's not like the damned gates were far apart, but the collision avoidance dance done in the center of the "spokes" could have been avoided.). The layout is rather simple... that being said, we did have someone get lost on the trip from B to C back to B again. 
With all these airports, which one do I hate the most? That's easy. Houston. Yup, Houston airport is far and away the worst. I've had more cancellations, more delayed flights out of Houston than any of the other airports combined. Not to mention it's the only damned place that's managed to lose my luggage, not once, twice or even just four times. I've slept in the airport once... to find out they turn the heat off at night. Thanks Continental for not putting us up in a hotel. Jerks. It seems every time a cloud passes between Houston and Cuba, or Houston and Dallas, they close the Houston airport. And since the airlines are responsible for putting you up for the night for weather related issues, you get screwed. I even pulled a hamstring trying to land in Houston once. There was a Delta airplane that couldn't clear the runway in time, so we had to abort the landing. I was sitting towards the back, adjacent to the rear galley, just in front of where the rear flight attendant sits. When the pilot went into the craziest climb I've been in on a commercial airliner it broke one of the restraints holding the beverage cart in the front galley. It smacked the back of the galley, and since we were in a climb to the left, if shimmied it's way over into the aisle, right as the pilot pulled us out of the bank, but not out of the climb. This sent the beverage cart hurtling down the aisle, right towards the screaming flight attendant. One guy two rows up tried to stop it with his hands and barely slowed it. I managed to swing out both legs and caught it with my feet, pulling a muscle in the process. Neither of the injured party were given so much as a "thank you" note from Continental, even though we clearly saved that flight attendant from severe injury, if not death. As a result from my experiences with Continental and Houston, I avoid both like the plague. I'd rather fly with anyone, through anywhere to avoid it. The last time I had to actually go to Houston, I flew into San Antonio, rented a car and drove there.
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Which Houston? Intercontinental or Hobby?
Next time fly to Austin.
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If he is talking Continental, it is Incontenentia Buttocks. Southwest and other regionals flies out of Hobby, if I recollect properly.
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Which Houston? Intercontinental or Hobby?
Next time fly to Austin.
I've only flown in there on Continental, so Intercontinental. I didn't even know there was another airport in Houston.
And why fly into Austin? I thought it'd be faster flying... err, driving down I-10 instead of SR 290. Isn't it? Sure, Austin's closer by like 50 miles or so, but driving ~95 MPH the whole way beats ~65 in a lot of stretches.
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You can't legally drive 95 on I-10, so why obey the speed limit on 290?
I've never really had a problem with either of them except that Hobby's in the gu-hetto.
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290 has too many towns and town cops to blow by that fast. I learned that lesson the hard way (four warnings in two hours).
The 10 on the other hand... as long as there isn't construction, it's fair game.
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Indianapolis has a brand new airport that is very nice now, although I really don't know what was wrong with the old one, which is right next door.
Delhi airport in India isn't too bad, all things considered. Getting there by car is a pain in the ass though.
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When I used to smoke and it was banned what I loved about the Houston airport was they had these smoking rooms inside the airport. I havent ever seen those anywhere else. 
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I've never been to houston and I know i've seen them at one of the airports i've used in the last year. Can't remember which.
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When I used to smoke and it was banned what I loved about the Houston airport was they had these smoking rooms inside the airport. I havent ever seen those anywhere else.
They're still around here and there, don't remember where exactly I've seen them, but I've been through a couple in the past year and a half. (I do a fair amount of traveling)
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"With all these airports, which one do I hate the most? That's easy. Houston. Yup, Houston airport is far and away the worst."
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philly airport blows... it's like you land in philly and pick up your bags in new jersey
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