What is the best and worst Airport to be Stuck in?

Atlanta is brutal.

 

SLC shockingly is great.

Smoking rooms and cute mormon girls galore FTW!

 

Minneapolis is a nice one. Lots of food options, and you can walk between terminals.

 

Worst I've been at ORD, MDW, JFK, Dulles, STL

Best I've been at SLC, YVR, ATL, SJU, Portland, LIT

 

Changi is Singapore is pretty awesome. So is Schiphol in Amsterdam. The wife and I had an early flight out of Vancouver once, but the day before we departed from Victoria. We needed to stay close to the airport, and somehow she talked me into staying at the Four Seasons inside the Vancouver airport..........what an awesome hotel, and a really pretty airport too. Moscow flat out sucks balls. I guess it's the Russian way, but damn what a bunch of miserable people.

 

In the states I would say Las Vegas. At least there you can gamble.

 

Internationally, I'd say amongst the best are Singapore, Sydney, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Frankfurt. Domestically, Denver is pretty cool, along with SFO and LAX.

I'm not really sure about the worst, but I would guess that Houston has gotta be on that list. It's just bland.....they really need to get going on the upgrades. Luckily I haven't been stranded in too many places domestically since I'm usually either taking non-stops to my destination, or rushing to catch a connecting flight.

 

this was going to be my vote. I was hoping for a delay while i was there because i wanted to check it out more.

 

I fly through minneapolis usually 4 times a year. I love airports and airplanes, and I travel quite frequently. Minneapolis is the bomb. I'm always hoping for a long layover there. Once when I was younger we had such a long layover that we were able to take a shuttle and spend a few hours in the Mall of America.
I used to get stuck in Memphis all of the time. Not a terrible airport, and we went to Graceland once when they bumped us overnight.
I also like Denver's airport a lot.
Houston has so many flights coming in and out of it, it's amazing how not nice our airport is.

 

LAX and YVR get rated pretty well, but I find them dull as can be. As long as the airport has AC and comfy chairs they're all the same to me as I'll be buried in a book or sitting in the bar watching a game if one's on.

"Best" airports, I guess would be those like Amsterdam where you can hop on a train and go walk about town if you've a couple of hours. Sitting in an airport just doesn't meet any definition of 'best' IMO.

 

If you get stuck in LAX you could run into celebrities or Ball players.

 

O'Hare and Midway are definitely not the worst. At least both are connected to the El...and you can easily get to downtown Chicago for $2.25.

My vote for worst is Toronto. Terrible food, and a cab to the city is $50 (no train).

 

I hate Charles de Gaulle in Paris and Heathrow in London.

If I were stuck, Hong Kong, Hamburg, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Zurich top that list.

 

Billings, Montana HANDS DOWN is the WORST airport to get stuck in.


I helped my dad drive to Canada from Houston last week, since I didnt have a passport that was the closest airport I could take back home. I was stuck there from 6pm-6am, there is no restaurants or stores , just 2 vending machines, and not much else. After 10pm I was the ONLY person at the entire airport for several hours other than the people cleaning up.

 

or hare krishnas.

 

I really like Columbus' airport because the WiFi is free.

 

Cleverly disguised "I've been to cooler places than you" thread.

 

I would pay any amount of extra money to avoid DeGaulle. Any amount.

 

What's so bad about Charles DeGaulle? I've flown through there with no problems. Malpensa in Milan is a zoo.