Best US Airports

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  1. ono

    ono Well-Known Member
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    Kansas JayhawksKansas City RoyalsKansas City ChiefsSeattle SupersonicsSporting Kansas City

    That's a grizzly sight.
     
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  2. wes tegg

    wes tegg I'm a Guy's guy, guys.
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    Atlanta BravesDenver BroncosChicago BlackhawksBirmingham LegionMississippi Rebels

    That's sad. I can bearly look at it.
     
  3. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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    Tennessee VolunteersLos Angeles DodgersBuffalo BillsBuffalo Sabres

  4. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
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    Changed tweets - didn’t realize there was a pic, just embedded the top tweet with the story.
     
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  5. BellottiBold

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    Oregon Ducks

    gotta believe there's a climate change subplot here
    sad :(
     
  6. HotMic

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    Ohio State BuckeyesCleveland BrownsKent State Golden FlashesCleveland CavaliersCleveland Indians

    That gives me a big paws about flying into Alaska.
     
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  7. tjsblue

    tjsblue I was right at the time
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    Unbearable.

    damnit Wes tegg
     
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  8. milquetoast

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    Florida GatorsNew York MetsTampa Bay BuccaneersNew York Islanders

    I'd hate to be that reporter and be the bearer of bad news.
     
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  9. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
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  10. chet fire

    chet fire Man in Members Only jacket

    Someone call bear traffic control.
     
  11. tjsblue

    tjsblue I was right at the time
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    Sometimes you hit the bear with a aircraft and sometimes the bear eats you.

    Must have snuck past the bearicade

    I hope they gave him a proper bearial.


    I’ll see myself out.
     
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  12. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
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    Ursa-cha bad bear pun maker.
     
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  13. bro

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    Busiest airports in the world for 2021
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  14. kennypowers

    kennypowers Big shit like a dinosaur did it
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    Not that it was great before, but since the pandemic of you have to fly American through DFW just go ahead and anticipate delays and missed connections. It’s almost every single time for me now.
     
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  15. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
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    DFW and Houston Bush both absolutely suck ass
     
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  16. Zack Zedalis

    Zack Zedalis Silver Foxin'
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    This is correct
     
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  17. The Banks

    The Banks TMB's Alaskan
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  18. Celemo

    Celemo tell 'em Steve-Dave
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    doc I work with got his flight to FL changed last minute to include a 12 hour layover @ DFW last week...fucking yikes
     
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  19. bro

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    How bout it
     
  20. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
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    ACI's 2020 preliminary figures released in April 2021 are as follows.

    Rank Airport Location Code
    (IATA/ICAO)
    Rank
    Change
    Total Cargo
    (tonnes)
    %
    Change

    1. [​IMG]Memphis International Airport Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States MEM/KMEM [​IMG]1 4,613,431 [​IMG]6.7%
    2. [​IMG] Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH [​IMG]1 4,468,089 [​IMG]7.1%
    3. [​IMG]Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai, China PVG/ZSPD [​IMG] 3,686,627 [​IMG]1.4%
    4. [​IMG] Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Anchorage, Alaska, United States ANC/PANC [​IMG]2 3,157,682 [​IMG]15.0%
    5. [​IMG]Louisville International Airport Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States SDF/KSDF [​IMG]1 2,917,243 [​IMG]4.6%
    6. [​IMG] Incheon International Airport Jung, Incheon, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea ICN/RKSI [​IMG]1 2,822,370 [​IMG]2.1%
    7. [​IMG] Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP [​IMG]2 2,342,714 [​IMG]7.4%
    8. [​IMG] Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX [​IMG]5 2,229,476 [​IMG]6.6%
    9. [​IMG] Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTHH [​IMG]1 2,175,292 [​IMG]1.8%
    10. [​IMG] Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA [​IMG]2
     
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  21. THF

    THF BITE THE NUTS, THUMB IN THE ASS!
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    How is MCI still the same airport it was 10 years ago? Flew in tonight and for such a great city, it’s got the woat airport.
     
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  22. Simon Templar

    Simon Templar Well-Known Member
    Kansas JayhawksChicago CubsSneakersBig 8 Conference

    I haven’t flown in for a long time now but yes it sucks so hard
     
  23. BellottiBold

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    Oregon Ducks

    Did you know: in WSJ's (my dad still reads it) annual rankings, SFO came out on top of the large airport category?
    In fairness there's been a ton of renovation over the years, and that includes the runways...
     
  24. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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    SFO eatery game is absurd
     
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  25. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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    new one opens in 3.5 months and can’t come soon enough. they stopped giving a fuck at the old terminals so it’s gotten even worse the last six months
     
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  26. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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  27. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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    DFW isn’t bad to be in from a food and drink perspective but it’s the absolute worst for random gate changes requiring you to walk 10 miles between flights
     
  28. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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  29. WC

    WC Bad Company, ‘til the day I die.
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    Flew in and out of SeaTac this weekend and it was fine. Lots of good food/booze options, tho the Sea Lounge was pretty underwhelming. Very limited power/plug in options anywhere tho, at least in A.
     
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  30. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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    nashville's improvements have been nice. added a lot of local coffee shop / restaurants. real dearth of lounges tho

    it is astounding how some airports do a great job with food options, while others are just fucking awful.
     
  31. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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    the alaska lounge there that’s part of priority pass is better
     
  32. WC

    WC Bad Company, ‘til the day I die.
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    1) thanks for telling me now
    2) it’s not listed in the PP app as an option
     
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  33. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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    u didn’t ask. maybe it isn’t on there now it’s been a couple years
     
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  34. LeonardWashington

    LeonardWashington Leader of Tuanon
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    It’s much better but some of the renovated terminals (the Harvey Milk terminal irrc) have a lot of space for lounging but not as many food options. I always prefer more eating/drinking options to vast amount of lounging space.

    The other “older” terminals are chock full of great dining options. Overall I do think it’s one of the best airports
     
  35. BellottiBold

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    Oregon Ducks

    AS stopped accepting PP for any of its lounges outside of JFK earlier this year. Further, they have just announced that for short haul flights (there's a mileage limit that pretty much excludes any flight up and down the west coast focus cities/hubs) there is no longer automatic entry for F fares.
     
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  36. BellottiBold

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    Oregon Ducks

    They are majorly renovating the main atrium area, incl new centurion - but won't be finished/open for a couple of years. I don't mind lounging with AS and I think even the third party lounge is decent all things considered but I loathe those concourses and gate areas - which are always really congested imo.
     
  37. BellottiBold

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    Oregon Ducks

    I pretty much only fly AS and UA domestically so I haven't been in HM yet, but T2 (which AS is eventually leaving to join the oneworld fun in HM) has a pretty good amount of options IMO. I admit there could be more in UA's T3 by comparison (it's also significantly larger of course)
     
  38. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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  39. blind dog

    blind dog wps
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    Fuck me I have a 4+ hour layover in Atlanta on Saturday. Best restaurant? Bar to watch some college hoops? TIA and Ts & Ps are appreciated
     
  40. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
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    Tulsa Golden HurricaneOklahoma City ThunderTottenham HotspurSeattle Kraken

    Gotta get some Luda's Chicken and Beer
     
  41. Nole0515

    Nole0515 Well-Known Member
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    Ludacris’ Chicken + Beer D6
     
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  42. MODEVIL

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    one flew south is the best restaurant but no TVs
     
  43. blind dog

    blind dog wps
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    looks good but they close at 6pm for some stupid reason, flight scheduled to arrive at 5:49
     
  44. MODEVIL

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    That’s weird but I guess Saturday is slow day. Open till 10 every other day? I’ve never been through ATL on a Saturday except Thanksgiving week.
     
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  45. bro

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    not the best but spent some time in Houston (Bush) and thought it was pretty nice. Terminal E.
     
  46. MODEVIL

    MODEVIL Well-Known Member
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    The food is pretty crazy expensive. If I wasn’t on an expense report every time there, it would annoy me.
     
  47. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
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    SFO was staggeringly nice when I was there in October. Clean, modern, well maintained. Basically the opposite of the city it serves.
     
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  48. blind dog

    blind dog wps
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    It's been years but I loved it the 2/3 times we've used it. Don't remember name of restaurant was but hands down the best airport food I've ever had
     
  49. Gaknight

    Gaknight Well-Known Member
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    Newark’s new terminal fucks. The city is still a dump though
     
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  50. BellottiBold

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    Oregon Ducks

    :meh:

    But anyway there's now only United's T3 that has some areas older than the INTL terminal (of late 2000.) Everything else is (considerably) newer, and even UA has a newish pier to compliment their old one.