Airports you’ve used

elperello

BowSideChamp wrote: »

SMH - isn't that the airport you can buy a horse at duty free?

That's the one sham.
F**k your Boeing 737 I've a horse outside.:p

dennyire

donegaLroad wrote: »

Most underwhelming for me was Ciampino airport south of Rome, the one Ryanair flies into. It actually looks derelict from the outside. I think its an old military airport.

Wa there in September. Went through security and into duty free. First airport iv come across that doesn't stock cigarettes in Duty Free. Had to get security to let me back out to departures area. Stocked up in WH Smiths wit a few cartons and back through all the security checks again

NollagShona

dennyire wrote: »

Wa there in September. Went through security and into duty free. First airport iv come across that doesn't stock cigarettes in Duty Free. Had to get security to let me back out to departures area. Stocked up in WH Smiths wit a few cartons and back through all the security checks again

Does DUB? I thought they only sold Duty Free Cigs?

Trigger Happy

I don't know how many airports I have been to. But I have been to 28 different countries in the past 10 years for work according to their records.
A lot of sh1thole airports and a few nice ones.

dennyire

NollagShona wrote: »

Does DUB? I thought they only sold Duty Free Cigs?

Yeah DUB has duty free cigs, Im talking about Ciampino Rome not having them

NollagShona

elperello wrote: »

Yeah but how many have you slept in?

DUB
STN

RDM_83 again

But which of these airports has the best smoking area would be the question I want answered, Dublin airport actually holds up pretty well in that regard as its not tiny, open air and you can take your pint out too it.

For Forks Sake

peasant wrote: »

Nothing like landing at SXL

now imagine that on a typical day with blustery wind and rain (a frequent visitor would rather fly to DUB and drive than ever land there again...the wimp)

The old Kai Tak in Hong Kong was the definition of a buttock-clenching landing, the approach was barely above the roofs of apartment blocks, then a handbrake turn and drop onto the runway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksqB2MpQu9o

For Forks Sake

RDM_83 again wrote: »

But which of these airports has the best smoking area would be the question I want answered, Dublin airport actually holds up pretty well in that regard as its not tiny, open air and you can take your pint out too it.

Manchester has one, but it's basically a random door behind one of the bars, brings you out to a sh1tty rooftop. Most of the uk airports are non-existant smoking areas (if anyone knows where there one in T2 in Heathrow, I'd be very grateful)

NollagShona

RDM_83 again wrote: »

But which of these airports has the best smoking area would be the question I want answered, Dublin airport actually holds up pretty well in that regard as its not tiny, open air and you can take your pint out too it.

I think DUB wins, and I dont smoke!

NollagShona

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Manchester has one, but it's basically a random door behind one of the bars, brings you out to a sh1tty rooftop. Most of the uk airports are non-existant smoking areas (if anyone knows where there one in T2 in Heathrow, I'd be very grateful)

Smoking at Heathrow Airport (LHR)

Smoking Rating

5

Before and After Security Smoking

Smoking is only permitted in designated areas outside the terminals.

The smoking facilities inside the terminal are listed below.

Electronic Cigarettes are also prohibited.

Heathrow Terminal 1

No Smoking areas.

Heathrow Terminal 2

No Smoking areas.

Heathrow Terminal 3

Smoking at Heathrow airport T3, connecting flights. After you arrive by bus you go inside and turn left and left again. Follow the big yellow sign and you can smoke outside in a kind of fenced cage. Photo below, feedback from Laila B. on the 17th December 2017.

Passed through London Heathrow (LHR) in July 2017, transiting from terminal 3 to terminal 2. Was delighted to discover that there is now a smoking area in Terminal 3 for transit passengers. Follow the purple signs for transit to other terminals. The smoking area is at one side of the bus stop to the other terminals. It is a fenced outdoor cage but is better than the nothing that LHR offered within the security perimeter before. Feedback from Neil U.

Heathrow Terminal 4

October 2017, Heathrow Terminal 4 departures: The smoking area after security near gate 6-9 still exists, despite many sites claiming the contrary. Phew. Feedback from MJ.

Smoking area available. It is on the left side on the way to gate 6. Just 2 stairs down and that it. From Denis, 10th July 2017.

Update from Sara, 5th Oct 2016: Terminal 4 definitely has a smoking area. It is between gates 6B and 7 downstairs.

Heathrow Terminal 5

No Smoking areas.

For Forks Sake

NollagShona wrote: »

Smoking at Heathrow Airport (LHR)

Smoking Rating

5

Before and After Security Smoking

Smoking is only permitted in designated areas outside the terminals.

Yeah, I didn't think there was (and it's not for the want of looking) it's T2 and T5 I'd be through the most there.

NollagShona

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Yeah, I didn't think there was (and it's not for the want of looking) it's T2 and T5 I'd be through the most there.

I'm sure you've googled where to have a crafty fag

(As did I, and I dont mean smoking! twice DUB & LHR )

youreadthat

Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Kuala Lumpur
Hong Kong
Zurich
Geneva
Dublin
Alicante
Charles De Gaulle
Madrid
Santiago
Arrecife
Faro
Palma
Newquay
Heathrow
Stansted
Luton
Gatwick

I think that's it. Had to dig deep for a couple of trips.

FatherTed

For Forks Sake wrote: »

The old Kai Tak in Hong Kong was the definition of a buttock-clenching landing, the approach was barely above the roofs of apartment blocks, then a handbrake turn and drop onto the runway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksqB2MpQu9o

I went to St Maarten in the Carribbean on vacation a few years ago, the airport there is right next to the beach:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD-3pU6nWGQ

Canis Lupus

SKV
HAM
IBZ
TUU
TAK
HLZ
RYK
EMA
ABJ
DLD

smurfjed

Zaph said:

They do that all the time in the Aviation & Aircraft forum. Very off-putting for the casual reader like myself, I always get the feeling it's done deliberately to be exclusionary.

If they wanted to be exclusive, they would have used the ICAO codes rather than IATA, can you guess where EIDW or EGLL are?

JohnCleary

Not going to list the airports, but my favourite is Doha.

The First & Business Lounge was top notch. Shower Rooms, great food, plenty of drink

Schwanz

Manchester
Birmingham
Leeds/Bradford
Paris
Faro
Palma
Malaga
Gran Canaria
Tenerife
Ibiza
Menorca
Valetta
Orlando
Larnaca

NollagShona

Javier Delicious Bandana wrote: »

Seriously?

what a passive aggressive post. Just cos you have no interest doesn't mean others dont either. Or your thankers!

bodhrandude

Glasgow
Edinburgh
Prestwick
Cork
Galway
Shannon
Dublin
Carrickfinn in Donegal
Copenhagen
Malmo
Milan
Stansted
Gatwick
Heathrow
London City airport
Istanbul
Schipol
Malaga

Try_harder

Adding
SVO
MSQ and
SDR next year

Graces7

Last time i flew was my migration from Scotland to Ireland....London Airport,Eday, ( one flight a week) to Kirkwall Airport Orkney, then to Edinburgh Airport... planes grew in size with each flight starting with a tiny Islander.

Next flight will be my very very last; chopper to the mainland when my spirit is freed. Special flight! i

dunroamin!

mikemac2

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Farranfore, Europe's JFK

Do they still line everyone up and put them on a weighing scales for all to see ?

Collie D

Try_harder wrote: »

Adding
SVO
MSQ and
SDR next year

OK, I know SVO is Moscow because I was looking at flights transferring through there recently but I can’t figure out the other two without looking them up. Why not use the full names? I can’t be the only one without a clue.

For what it’s worth I’ll have a guess before Googling.

MSQ could be another Moscow airport?
SDR...San Diego?

EDIT: Looked then and was literally miles away. At least I can see the logic behind the naming convention on these ones.

Try_harder

Graces7 wrote: »

Last time i flew was my migration from Scotland to Ireland....London Airport,Eday, ( one flight a week) to Kirkwall Airport Orkney, then to Edinburgh Airport... planes grew in size with each flight starting with a tiny Islander.

Next flight will be my very very last; chopper to the mainland when my spirit is freed. Special flight! i

dunroamin!

That is the only way you would get me in a helicopter

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Try_harder wrote: »

That is the only way you would get me in a helicopter

A fantastic way to fly. I went by helicopter from North Louth to Achill during the year and it's the only way to see the country, magical.

Try_harder

Javier Delicious Bandana wrote: »

A fantastic way to fly. I went by helicopter from North Louth to Achill during the year and it's the only way to see the country, magical.

Nope!

Graces7

Try_harder wrote: »

That is the only way you would get me in a helicopter

Ah I would love it alive! But will only happen when my soul has fled... or if I need hospital ... when I lived on a North Sea island we had the air ambulance islander plane.... one baby was born in the hangar as it arrived rather fast. life and death service. We had a runway; some of the islands had only a field.

P_1

Dublin, it has its faults but on the whole its not too an airport really
Birmingham, really handy, train station is literally right next door
Manchester, awful, just awful
Stansted, in the middle of nowhere in Essex, false economy flying there for London
Gatwick, closer to London but a bit of a kip
Luton, similar to the 2 above
London City, fantastic. Straight onto a DLR once you land. Definitely worth spending the extra few bob on if flying to London
East Midlands, horrific
Edinburgh, a fine little airport tho get the bus into town rather than the tram
Prestwick, well I'm just glad no one flys there anymore. You have a nice view of Troon links when waiting for your train but that's about it
Schiphol, fantastic, utterly fantastic
Bilbao, a fine little airport
Marseille, miles away from town but a nice drive through the mountains to get there
Bremen, well it's a shed
Hamburg, not a bad one
Dusseldorf, fine airport, handy for the train
Lodz, small and massive queues at passport control
Warsaw, very old school