The Best and Worst Airports of 2022

[3rd&Brown]

Originally Posted by bossabreezes

Fort Lauderdale is a circle of hell, I absolutely hate that airport.

Laguardia is disgusting.

2021 called.

LaGuardia is one of the best airports in the country at the moment.

[Buckeye Native 001]

Newark's architecture isn't the problem, its whoever's bright idea it was to give the meanest SOBs in Jersey customer service jobs.

Also, I've never had the displeasure of checking in or going through security at ATL, but even as big as it is, I've never had any problems connecting through there. DFW on the other hand...

[AviationGuy]

Originally Posted by Cory

So Houston has the most convenient and least convenient airports? I’m actually not surprised. I’ll inconvenience myself to fly out of Hobby rather than IAH.

Both airports are on the best lists.

[Gantz]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Toronto (Pearson) is just fucking horrible, despite the outrageous fees charged.

Pre pandemic, all the best airports were in Asia (e.g., Incheon, in Seoul).

US airports are just "functional", but not that bad. They can't really compare to Seoul (Incheon), Singapore (Changi), or even Tokyo (Narita). But I don't think those kinds of airports are possible to build in the US with our construction costs. It is also quite self-evident that our public infrastructure planners, be it sea ports, airports, or subway/metro, have never even travelled outside of North America, so they have no idea about the standards/best practices anywhere outside of their bubble.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Gantz

But I don't think those kinds of airports are possible to build in the US with our construction costs.

That's certainly a big piece of it. Additionally, I think our politics are a touch different too in the fact that there's a notion of "providing value to the taxpayers".

Why go all out and spend $30B of tax money on a 5-star world-besting air travel palace, when the 3-star, but still totally functional, $15B airport will also get the job done?

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by Gantz

US airports are just "functional", but not that bad. They can't really compare to Seoul (Incheon), Singapore (Changi), or even Tokyo (Narita). But I don't think those kinds of airports are possible to build in the US with our construction costs. It is also quite self-evident that our public infrastructure planners, be it sea ports, airports, or subway/metro, have never even travelled outside of North America, so they have no idea about the standards/best practices anywhere outside of their bubble.

What's so special about Narita? Other than the top notch rail connections to Tokyo, it seemed like an unremarkable airport to me the last time I was there.

[Crawford]

Yeah, Narita, like most Japanese infrastructure, seems extremely functional, but far from grand. It's nothing like Seoul or Singapore, or all those Gulf state or Chinese airports. Is there a grand transportation facility in Tokyo? They have the best rail system on earth but don't ever remember a station that wasn't blandly functional.