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The 11 Worst Airports in America
Wall Street Journal ^ | 24 January 2024 | Wall Street Journal

Posted on 01/24/2024 8:32:48 AM PST by Vigilanteman

This is a broadcast clip on the 11 worst airports in America according to a Wall Street Journal survey. Here they are from worst to 11st worst:

  1. Newark
  2. New York JFK
  3. Dallas-Ft. Worth
  4. Orlando
  5. Ft. Lauderdale
  6. New York LaGuardia
  7. Miami
  8. San Juan, Puerto Rico
  9. Denver and Charlotte (tied)
    11. Chicago ORD

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: airports; bad; fustercluck
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To: Roadrunner383

I used to commute to jobs in Africa, and South America and Atlanta has always been my favorite airport.
Quit flying out of Miami, the worst in the USA, because it was such a rotten experience.


81 posted on 01/24/2024 12:38:12 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: Yardstick

Just flew from DFW to CDG and back last September. Love both of those Airports. I would rather die than to connect through Heathrow.


82 posted on 01/24/2024 12:40:14 PM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: mfish13

what do you think the “skyline” is? it’s a train.


83 posted on 01/24/2024 12:41:09 PM PST by BereanBrain
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To: devere

Must be where you come in and how you leave. I would come in on American Airlines, straight to customs, and then straight to my train. So you could have totally different experiences.


84 posted on 01/24/2024 12:46:36 PM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Vigilanteman

I would put puerto rico at the top. The place is just nasty. Once our plan was late and the AMerican airlines was going to let us use their customs and immigration line to get to our connecting flight. The female in charge said no. And then you get to the bar and you always had to hunt down the bar tender and order. We used to make bets on how many people never got waited on because they thot that by sitting at a table you would get waited on. Never happen.


85 posted on 01/24/2024 12:46:48 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Vigilanteman

The only two I’ve ever gone through are Denver and DFW. I don’t recall any problems with either one. DFW made it easy to get from one of the alphabets to another one. Why Phoenix didn’t make the list is beyond me. It took me an hour to figure out how to get from terminal 3 to Terminal 4 to make my connecting flight. Not to mention, you have to leave one security zone and go through the TSA nonsense all over again when you get to the other terminal.


86 posted on 01/24/2024 12:52:13 PM PST by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: BereanBrain

They had a train in the past. Skylink is sweet. Skyline is chili in Cincinnati.


87 posted on 01/24/2024 1:07:07 PM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: kvanbrunt2

Been there 4 times but never connected. No problems but the last time was 1988.


88 posted on 01/24/2024 1:08:39 PM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Savage Beast

Providence RI

I will NEVER go to Logan if i can use PVD...


89 posted on 01/24/2024 1:38:28 PM PST by mowowie
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I totally agree PHL is the worst. The black workers I’ve encountered are totally racist, rude, spiteful, and impossible to engage. On the other hand, black workers at DCA are pleasant, personable, and likable. I avoid PHL whoever possible. The only other US airport I avoid is LGA, but I’ve read it’s gotten better.


90 posted on 01/24/2024 1:51:00 PM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Crusher138

Thx, that’s interesting ...


91 posted on 01/24/2024 5:14:55 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: Zathras
back in the 70’s the talk was to move Lindbergh over to miramar but the navy said hell no
92 posted on 01/24/2024 6:04:48 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Alberta's Child
Various parts of it have been undergoing a massive staged renovation dating back to the 1990s.

Newark sucks. But it's getting nicer. Still a long way to go. At this rate, they'll be done by 2050.

93 posted on 01/24/2024 6:10:12 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Vigilanteman

Kansas City used to be really terrible coming and going, but I think they finally abandoned the old terminals. And you have to rent a car- no transit options.

It’s been years but Boston was a crap hole last time I went through it. Philadelphia needed a re-build as well

On the other hand, except for poor signage in connection with the construction processes, I have found Charlotte to be fine, with a nice food court and rocking chairs.

For small airports, Reagan and Love are pretty well set up; Hobby not so much. And Baton Rouge needed a new airport 40 years ago.

I always found San Antonio to have inadequate air conditioning.

Atlanta is terrible to try to get through the TSA choke point. It’s fine before and after that. I did have a rental car bus driver that would only drop folks off on the Delta side. If you wanted to fly someone else, expect a long walk toward baggage claim to cross over).

DFW is great except for international to domestic transfers (distributed TSA checkpoints, express trains between terminals once inside security, great amenities)

Vegas TSA could be a mess or a breeze - a real gamble on whether the gambling tourists were headed out.

Denver was a mess to get to the rental cars last time I was there - you have to stand out in the weather to wait for an overcrowded bus that might or might not stop.

Last time I was through Miami, they needed a bulldozer and a start from scratch.

LAX was a mixed bag - not terrible, but in need of an updating and improved transportation.


94 posted on 01/24/2024 7:05:12 PM PST by PAR35
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To: mfish13

Enjoy riding around when you don’t have to.


95 posted on 01/24/2024 7:08:30 PM PST by BereanBrain
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To: PhiloBedo
As far as terminals go, mci should be in the top three

I haven't been there since they got the new terminal; I thought it was supposed to be a lot better now. In the old days, it was like they hired a consultant to identify worst practices and then implemented them all.

96 posted on 01/24/2024 7:11:43 PM PST by PAR35
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To: imardmd1; Zathras

I always tried to get a window seat flying into San Diego so I could look in the eye level windows of the passing buildings.


97 posted on 01/24/2024 7:14:43 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35

I haven’t been through mci in a few years. I didn’t know they built a new terminal. I’ll look it up. Thx


98 posted on 01/25/2024 11:47:38 AM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: PhiloBedo

Looks like they have about 40 gates on two transverse piers with a central corridor connecting the two. They tore down one of the almost circle terminals and the other two have been abandoned, I think. It has to be an improvement.


99 posted on 01/25/2024 4:05:16 PM PST by PAR35
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