Yesterday, for a brief moment I thought that I was at a "normal" airport.

At 6:30 AM there were 8 planes lined up to take off on the runway opposite the terminal, not the "quiet" one. It could be due to the clouds and the fact that two 747, one 777 and one 767 were landing at the same time.

It kind of reminded me of LGA in the morning, alebit about 20 planes less, but then reality set it. The next landing was scheduled for 2 hours away and after that another hour. Passport Control closed up shop and they almost turned out the lights.

What they need there if possible, is better distribution of takeoffs and landings but unforfunately this is largely dictated by the foreign scheduled airliness