[C19fan]

The three NY metro area airports are in the top 5 worst with LAX and PHL.

[dfwgator]

Miami International Airport.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Pittsburgh needs to be on the list.

A giant mall (which is basically dying because no one will go through a naked body scan to go shopping) where the availability of direct flights to anywhere is not 1/10 what it was when they built it.

[Timber Rattler]

Kansas City is awful, especially after TSA’s walled-off enhancements in the claustrophobic gate areas.

[JimSEA]

Anyone who has ever had to transfer from a domestic to an international flight at LAX will have nightmares about the experience for years after. Plus, the food court in Tom Bradly terminal is the worst I’ve ever encountered. Twice spoiled food got me. Yeah, I should have learned the first time.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’ve avoided it for decades, but Newark was the most depressing airport by far. O’Hare is a huge hassle every time. Besides small airports like New Haven-Tweed and Rockford, Minneapolis rates very well with me.

[LibWhacker]

Hate landing in San Diego.

[GonzoGOP]

Chicago O'Hare came in #6. It all depends on what airline you fly. United out of terminal 1 is great. It is also a lot newer than the other terminals Going out of terminal three is awful.

What I found strange was that the main thing they rated against O'Hare was delays due to weather. The weather in Chicago sucks. I don't care what kind of trillion dollar super airport you build here the weather is going to suck. Unlike the global warming fanatics I understand that the weather does not respond to government edicts or happy thoughts.

[goseminoles]

Atlanta

[Blue Ink]

LAX is absolutely the worst airport I’ve ever been to. (And that’s saying something, because I’ve flown into Cairo. Which wasn’t too bad. Clean restrooms.)

And I live in Los Angeles.

Just arrived home on an international flight last week. Same old teensy rickety escalator-in-a-tube leading down, down into the grimy leaky bowels of baggage claim and passport control. Sagging ceiling tile. Corroded construction seams. Sickly overhead interrogation-type lighting. Windows? In a prison? What are you thinking? And (WHAT is that on the walls? Never mind, I don’t want to know...)

And what’s that on the left-hand side as you duck your head and descend in that tiny tube? A big, shiny high-school-esque portrait of our ex-gang-banging, gap-toothed mayor in a cheap frame, welcoming you poor bastards to this third-world way-station. What does he care? He flies private.

Same old fat, surly, union customs goons barking at people because they don’t already KNOW which line they should be standing in. At least they make no distinction between Americans and foreigners — they’re equal opportunity rude bastards.

And heaven forfend you need a restroom. They all look like where the bomb squad blows up suspicious luggage. You’re much better off waiting till you exit the gulag and finding a palm tree to sneak behind.

Yeah, um, LAX is not a pleasant place.

[Gay State Conservative]

I’m only familiar with a few US airports and none are what I’d call good.JFK and Logan,the two I’m most familiar with,are *terrible*.Logan does have one advantage though,it’s easy,quick and cheap to get right to your terminal from your home via public transit.OTOH,Hong Kong and Dubai,two airports I’ve used recently,are OUTSTANDING!

[cuban leaf]

I pretty much just see all airports the same: They are just really annoying places I want to remove myself from as quickly as possible.

And the smaller the airport the better.

[Vigilanteman]

I've been in all 11 of the worst airports on this list and 7 of the 11 best airports.

A few observations:

1. Chicago's Midway (MDY) definitely belongs on the worst list. Yes, I know, it is convenient to downtown and long layovers are rare. But the vendors really take advantage of short transit times to sell $2 sandwiches for $9. Yeah, I know there is a McDonald's that sells food at reasonable prices. But get in that long line and you risk missing your connection! Plus, I've been in third world airports which are less crowded and dirty than Midway. Its only saving grace is that you don't spend much time there.
   
2. Detroit (DTW) makes the best list because it uncrowded and relatively clean? Hello! When half the shops are closed due to lack of economic activity in the area, lack of crowding is one result. I suppose the do deserve credit for being relatively clean, but consider Pittsburgh.
   
3. Pittsburgh (PIT) is really one of the better airports in the country. You can actually load and unload curbside (as long as you don't get too piggy about it) or park nearby for $1 the first hour. Before the TSA goons screwed up business for the airport mall by admitting only traveling passengers, it was arguably the best airport mall in the country, with lots of choices for restaurants and retail at reasonable prices, including visitors stocking up on clothing at our tax-exempt competitive prices. People actually came there to shop with their departing or arriving guests because prices are so reasonable and selection is great in PIT. This is still true to a certain extent, but the airport wasn't built with the TSA in mind and many of the shops have closed or seriously shortened hours. Still, I'd rank it better than some of the airports on the best list.
   
4. Chicago O'Hara (ORD) unfairly gets a bad rap because it handles tons of flights (many of which are inevitably late), it is far away from downtown and it is spread out. But is also offers a lot to a captive audience-- the funky underground walkways with the neon lights and groovy sounds in way cool. There are lots of choices for retail and eating, albeit not as reasonable as Pittsburgh. And the aviation and museum displays are second to none, with the possible exception of Denver, which is a much newer airport. Plus the fact that, if you are traveling light, you can walk right from the airport to the city transit system almost as conveniently as you can at Minneapolis (MSP) or Washington's Reagan Airport (DCA) is worth a lot.

[Mase]

New Orleans airport.

Everything about this airport sucks. It has no redeeming qualities.

[andy58-in-nh]

Philadelphia is horrible. I refuse to travel through there any more; I use BWI or Charlotte instead. Incompetence and poor service coupled with lack of communication, and a general “Bleep you” attitude, especially on the part of US Airways (their hub) employees. I’ve slept in the airport twice, having flights canceled after multi-hour delays.

[Lx]

I can't believe Sacramento 'International' isn't there. Sacramento just spent 1 Billion dollars on a new terminal. The must have thought that if you build it, they will come.

Since no one came, Sacramento is offering millions to airlines to fly into Sacramento.

The funny thing is that they call it an International airport but I don't think it has a customs since Mexicana went under at least I think it was Mexicana.

They could have vastly improved the area by dividing that money and then give it all to me.

[QT3.14]

San Diego on certain connecting flights with Southwest.

On arrival we had to leave the secure area and go to another area of the terminal for the connecting flight. Of course, this required going through the TSA Kabuki dance once again.

[SeaHawkFan]

Have travelled many times through MSP on standby. No better airport if you have to spend the night for a flight the next day. Mall of the Americas is close by if you have a long lay-over. It’s not the Galleria in Houston, but not bad.

[SeaHawkFan]

Have travelled many times through MSP on standby. No better airport if you have to spend the night for a flight the next day. Mall of the Americas is close by if you have a long lay-over. It’s not the Galleria in Houston, but not bad.

[beandog]

They have Dulles listed. I love Dulles and fly out of it all the time. I’d rather take Dulles than BWI or Reagan anytime. Luggage is a little slow.

I hate Atlanta but that could be because that seems to be the airport I connect with most of the time.

Airports ruin vacations.

[PhiloBedo]

TEB, EWK, PHL