Best airports you've been in

Egginacup

So we've had "worst airports" and for me JFK is a kip.

So what were the best airports....or at least experiences?

I had a flight from Gibraltar to Amsterdam one time and the Gibraltar experience was a delight.

Tiny little check in area....2 attractive English ladies making the whole procedure easy and charming. Step outside and have a ciggy or get the papers in the little shop then upstairs to the bar for a beer and out onto their little roof terrace. I was hoping my flight was delayed.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Dublin airport departures. Because it means I'm going away somewhere!

Stheno

Dublin and London city

Mr_Muffin

Cork airport. Never busy, small and only a short walk from the car park.

Wacker The Attacker

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

Dublin airport departures. Because it means I'm going away somewhere!

what if its somewhere you don't want to go.

Airports are not supposed to be liked. They're there to serve a purpose that's it

Deminiman

Singapore airport was for me the best, probably the cleanest building I was ever in, including hospitals. There's guys there that clean every loo each time there used. Impeccable!

pablomakaveli

Egginacup wrote: »

So we've had "worst airports" and for me JFK is a kip.

So what were the best airports....or at least experiences?

I had a flight from Gibraltar to Amsterdam one time and the Gibraltar experience was a delight.

Tiny little check in area....2 attractive English ladies making the whole procedure easy and charming. Step outside and have a ciggy or get the papers in the little shop then upstairs to the bar for a beer and out onto their little roof terrace. I was hoping my flight was delayed.

Not to mention 200 fags for less than 20 quid. Worth buying even if you dont smoke to sell on for some nice profit.

Lia_lia

Kerry of course!

Wacker The Attacker

Lia_lia wrote: »

Kerry of course!

which shed was this

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

what if its somewhere you don't want to go.

Airports are not supposed to be liked. They're there to serve a purpose that's it

Cheer up, mate!

Free Hat

Las Vegas airport was pretty cool.

Terminal 2 in Dublin is excellent.

Turtyturd

Orlando for me. Handy layout, great food court, good choice of shops.

jaymcg91

Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport is probably one of the best I've ever been in. Clean, modern, spacious...absolutely fantastic. Just wish they had better f****ng stores (even a Starbucks or Mcdonalds would be handy).

hynesie08

I'm a fan of Stansted if I'm doing the 6.30 flight out of London after a gig, handy place to get a few hours sleep, then into wetherspoons for a reasonably priced breakfast and a cheeky pint before the flight. Shame the 24h spar is gone though, at least the burger king is there.

lisasimpson

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

Cork airport. Never busy, small and only a short walk from the car park.

if only it had some more flights

Into The Blue

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

what if its somewhere you don't want to go.

Airports are not supposed to be liked. They're there to serve a purpose that's it

Fück that! Holiday starts on the red car park shuttle bus!

Can't bate knock airport, car to runway in 45min.

Underground

Toronto airport is pretty swanky.

Berserker

Free Hat wrote: »

Terminal 2 in Dublin is excellent.

It is a lovely terminal but the security there drives me mad for some reason. O'Hare International, Chicago is a very good airport from my experience.

jester77

Koh Samui is up there as one of my faves.

The Backwards Man

McCarran for me too, I'm convinced that the PA security announcer is Reba McIntyre, the sultry dulcet tones get me going every time

irish coldplayer

The new T2 at heathrow is so much better than the old aer lingus terminal.
T5 is good also because it means youre probably going somewhere far away!

Egginacup

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Not to mention 200 fags for less than 20 quid. Worth buying even if you dont smoke to sell on for some nice profit.

And a litre of Bombay Sapphire for a tenner!

Ardennes1944

Our airport here in Basel is as efficient and clean as you'd expect, definite my favourite

The J Stands for Jay

jester77 wrote: »

Koh Samui is up there as one of my faves.

Getting a tourist train from the plane to the terminal which is made up of huts. A lovely outdoors, holiday vibe to the place.

Rabbo

Cork airport is excellent. Modern new terminal, easy parking & very quick and easy to get through. If only it wasn't under the thumb of the DAA, it might be able to start attracting new routes again

Aineoil

I like Kerry and Shannon - both small and easy to get through.

Heathrow because they were amazingly nice to me. I was on a flight that would take me away from my family for a year.
I was very upset and they brought me into one of those lounges for special people and gave me a bottle of champagne. They were so kind.

Zurich is a lovely airport too.

Dubai - there's a lot to do.

Jeddah has the lovely tent thing going on.

AtomicHorror

Emirates Terminal at Dubai Airport for sheer impressive scale and good selection of shopping/food. Dublin Terminal 2 is great too- though as others have said this might be due to positive associations. If you're flying from Terminal 2, you're flying Not Ryanair.

Was in Berlin Schonefeld recently and it's just about the grimmest **** hole on Earth. Trust Ryanair to run flights for 180 people but set aside a waiting room with 60 seats, minimal standing room and no air conditioning.

jojofizzio

McGaggs wrote: »

Getting a tourist train from the plane to the terminal which is made up of huts. A lovely outdoors, holiday vibe to the place.

Was just going to comment on that!!so pretty and so unlike most other airports..loveliest I've been in by a mile!

TheBeardedLady

I love Dublin's Terminal 2.

Samsgirl

Flying into Honolulu airport was v interesting. We flew right over the Arizona monument in Pearl Harbour & could pick out landmarks connected to the invasion.

bnt

Denver Airport is beautifully-designed. The main roof consists of translucent white "tents" which give the interior this totally "flat" light - no shadows anywhere. At the altitude the air is thin and it feels like you can see forever e.g. I could clearly see downtown Denver from the airport, even though it's about 20 miles away. Security was quick and the facilities were good.

There's also a huge mural which has inspired all manner of Illuminati conspiracy theories. :cool:

For Forks Sake

Dublin T2 is up there with the best of them it has to be said.

Also Heathrow T2 is a dream compared to the stinking, seemingly never-ending hovel that was T1.

Zurich, I also like. Murderously expensive for anything mind.

Knock, if for no other reason than you can park 30 seconds from the door.

Sh1tbag OToole

Any of the Aran Islands airports. I have been to all 3, no security or bullsh1t, no need to go into the building which is just a house anyway.

For mainstream "on the grid" airports I would say London City.

smurgen

Cork Airport.ya breeze through it with minimum fuss and it's close to the city.geneva is probably the handiest.there's a train station at the end of the terminal.free ticket into the city and it's the first stop.it literally takes ten minutes.so so handy . security is fast too.

seventeen sheep

Edinburgh. Cosy and friendly. And I seem to remember there was a lovely carpet there.

Amirani

Berserker wrote: »

It is a lovely terminal but the security there drives me mad for some reason. O'Hare International, Chicago is a very good airport from my experience.

O'Hare is the worst place in the world.

JillyQ

Shannon Park right beside the airport plus no big queues

joe swanson

Singapore . Great spot, so many activities.


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Daenarys

Yeah Singapore airport is deadly! I also like Munich International and Dublin T2 is great!:)

Zaph

Diego Simeone wrote: »

O'Hare is the worst place in the world.

Agreed, it's the grimmest airport I've ever been in.

Best for me are Schiphol - easy to get around and good facilities, and London City - so convenient and you can be out of it in no time after you land.

Aongus Von Bismarck

I cannot believe someone would suggest O'Hare airport. The Americans are excellent at many things; their airports tend to be awful claustrophobic hellholes.

I travel quite a bit with work. My favourite airports are those that are clean, spacious and with a good business class lounge.

Incheon in South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong are all excellent. I think Dublin T2 is a fine airport, if only it had better transport into the city. I tend to hire a car when I fly into there, but the sight of visitors queuing up for a Dublin Bus gives a bad impression.

dusty207

Darjeeling Airport in India, tiny place and chaotic. Miss your flight due to over booking and you're stuck for days. Years ago I was minding my own business waiting for my flight when a security guy came over, pointed his rifle at me and indicated I should follow him. He lead me to the front of the melee that was security, got me through without being searched and onto the plane ahead of everybody else. Not a word was spoken at any stage that I understood. As he was leaving me at the plane he smiled and said "Bobby Sands".

branie2

Shannon airport loads of times

Underground

Diego Simeone wrote: »

O'Hare is the worst place in the world.

Arrived there for my J1 to be greeted by the sound of a busker lady singing the most depressing Mary J. Blige song so loud we could hear her from the other end of the terminal. Talk about grim.

Grid.

Singapore is great indeed.

Larbre34

Tampa International. It has won many awards

Its acoustically damped so even when busy its quiet, massively spacious, passive air conditioning, fantastic art deco theme. Very cool .

JFK and Milan Linate are hell mouths. Gatwick and Faro a close second.

Dublin isnt bad now, just needs to get bloody fu**ing unionised immigration desks sorted

Yurt2

Dublin T2 has made the airport bearable.

Sing is top class alright.

Best ever though is Seoul / Incheon. Outstanding for a layover as they have a Korean/Japanese style sauna and bathhouse accessible from the transfer area. Hyper modern with cool architecture and lots of food options.

martyos121

Best one for me is Knock. No mad queues or people knocking you over with bags, nice and quiet place that doesn't stress you out like some airports.

Worst I was in was Manchester. Looks more like a train station inside with the busyness of a major airport, nightmare to get out of.

smurgen

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I cannot believe someone would suggest O'Hare airport. The Americans are excellent at many things; their airports tend to be awful claustrophobic hellholes.

I travel quite a bit with work. My favourite airports are those that are clean, spacious and with a good business class lounge.

Incheon in South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong are all excellent. I think Dublin T2 is a fine airport, if only it had better transport into the city. I tend to hire a car when I fly into there, but the sight of visitors queuing up for a Dublin Bus gives a bad impression.

Why? I often got busses in foreign airports.dublin airport is grand and economic to get to.london airports are a nightmare at this stage . Stansted is really expensive and takes ages to get to.
the best single experience i had in an airport was when i went into an executive lounge in one in Poland before.my friend was an executive with Japanese tobacco and he'd access to all the lounges.they'd a chef making personal pizzas in a clay oven in front of ya and a pool table.it was like something from a carlsberg ad

glynf

Hong Kong international is the most impressive I've ever been through. 2 hours hop from there to Bangkok airport, which is a dirty hole in comparison..

Deank

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I cannot believe someone would suggest O'Hare airport. The Americans are excellent at many things; their airports tend to be awful claustrophobic hellholes.

I travel quite a bit with work. My favourite airports are those that are clean, spacious and with a good business class lounge.

Incheon in South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong are all excellent. I think Dublin T2 is a fine airport, if only it had better transport into the city. I tend to hire a car when I fly into there, but the sight of visitors queuing up for a Dublin Bus gives a bad impression.

Of course you're a globe trotting entrepreneur, shame the chauffeur was late .

Anyway for me it's Atlanta, Georgia, smashing airport.