Originally Posted by
cptlflyer
I take it you haven't seen much of the third world...
CAK is fabulous, I'll grant you, but CLE worse than the worst? It's about as easy an airport as I've found anywhere.
Torn stained carpet, and where there isn't carpet they've added tile to slip on, wild variations in temperature between terminals, terrible PA announcements, washrooms with virtually no water pressure, awful food offerings (CAK doesn't have much by food), Customs--a joke, crumbling parking garages, nightmare of a car rental center, poor directional signage on nearby roads, it's a miserable passenger experience. But who would expect to have a good airport in Cleveland, decades of public corruption take their toll.
Their only redeeming quality is perhaps the finest de-icing pad in North America. They simply aren't beat on that.