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balima Nov 20, 2012 12:50 pm

Just in time for Holidays - Most Stressful Airports
 
Woo Hoo

Home town airport makes top of list ;)

Glad I never fly through O'Hare. Departures and Arrivals only.

http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/americ...l-airport.html

balima Nov 20, 2012 12:51 pm

Just counted. I've used 11 of the 16. My choices for 1 and 2.

Boston Logan

LAX

LTBoston Nov 20, 2012 1:25 pm

Anywhere they force you to ride a bus between terminals is stress-inducing for me.

Nugget_Oz Nov 20, 2012 3:19 pm

No one thinks that the most stressful are also the busiest and the largest which would naturally mean that there is some distance between gates!

Apieinthesky Nov 20, 2012 3:54 pm


Originally Posted by balima (Post 19718723)
Woo Hoo

Home town airport makes top of list ;)

Glad I never fly through O'Hare. Departures and Arrivals only.

http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/americ...l-airport.html

2 of my hometown airports make the list ;)

I don't find LGA very stressful, but it might to someone unfamiliar with it. It usually takes me 10 minutes to get through security and 5 minutes to exit the airport from the gate.

iztok Nov 20, 2012 4:46 pm

CLT ahead of PHL and MCO? Surprised. Considering it really is an easy airport and no lines of screaming kids!

WiscAZ Nov 20, 2012 6:29 pm

Not really surprised at all here. Probably could have guessed the top 5 although PHL and IAH could have been up there too. I really dislike IAH nothing against it.

I don't understand how DFW is #6 on the list but is also listed as the most hassle free...

BuckleandBoots Nov 20, 2012 7:29 pm

Just in time for Holidays - Most Stressful Airports
 
9/16 for me. I'd probably have IAD much higher than IAH.

KoKoBuddy Nov 20, 2012 8:42 pm

Did you all read the criteria for this "study"?

Poor Wi-Fi coverage (19 percent)

Give me a break. What's next, lack of Starbucks locations?

Night Owl Nov 20, 2012 9:25 pm

Lack of Starbucks is a serious problem! ;)

skidv25 Nov 20, 2012 9:59 pm

This is kind of stupid because it doesn't take into account that the airport experience can be vastly different within a single airport between the different terminals. LAX or JFK come to mind.

But really, all of these 'Most ___ Airport' lists are just lists of the largest airports in the US in different orders...

Sheikh Yerbooty Nov 21, 2012 8:49 am

Lagos. Or Kinshasha. Doha at rush hour can be bad, but the aforementioned are in a league of their own.

US airports? None would even make the footnotes of a list with the "most stressful" airports.

Forrest Bump Nov 21, 2012 9:16 am

FRA, unless you have 6 hours for connection.

CubsFanJohn Nov 21, 2012 9:30 am

I'd put LHR & LAX for my top two with O'Hare as number 3.

BTW I've used 4/16 (ORD, LAX, JFK, ATL)

Passmethesickbag Nov 22, 2012 11:25 am


Originally Posted by balima (Post 19718723)
Woo Hoo

Home town airport makes top of list ;)

Glad I never fly through O'Hare. Departures and Arrivals only.

http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/americ...l-airport.html

Definitely O'Hare. I quite like the terminals (apart from the fact that you have to show ID to order a drink regardless of age, and have to eat steak with a plastic knife), and the lines for check-in and for security are rarely bad. Immigration is a total nightmare, however. I was there last Saturday, and for most of my wait, the line for non-connecting visitors, where I waited, was served by one (1) officer. The much longer line for connecting visitors looked like it had two. Even the lines for US citizen went a long way down the corridor. Completely unacceptable in any country. I'm flying through again in two weeks and I'm already stressed over the thought of missing my connection.


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