Over on the DL board, some fellow Bostonians and I have been debating the merits of Boston's Logan Airport. I love it because of its proximity to the city and, as a native Bostonian, I know many tricks for getting to and from Logan relatively quickly, even during rush hour. Others dislike it because it's old, not particularly well organized, and, although geographically close to the city, can be difficult to get to, whether driving or by public tranportation, at least for those who don't know the tricks. Also, the taxi service from the airport sucks (although I always drive myself).

Other airports I like include:

LGA -- I generally like any airport that's fairly close to the city it claims to serve. I still think closing Stapleton in Denver was a huge mistake.

TPA -- I don't love having to ride the train, but I like that walking usually is an alternative (although I don't think you can walk from the central terminal to your gate because of some idiotic security concern), you can walk from bagage claim to the rental cars without riding a shuttle bus, and it's close to the city.

PVD/SRQ -- I like any airport that is small and has long-term parking within walking distance to the terminals. If only places like this, SRQ in particular, had better service.

Airports I afirmatively dislike:

DIA -- Isn't it misleading to have "Denver" in the name if it's not within 100 miles of the city?

ATL -- The train ride from the outer gates to the main terminal can be longer than the flight itself. I've had it take 30 minutes to get from the plane to a taxi.

JFK -- Just impossible to get to, although the AirTrain helps. Also, a sinkhole for PANYNJ construction projects.

LAS -- Does Vegas really need such a big airport? I do, however, like its proximity to the Strip.

DFW -- What's to like about this place? I also tend not to like places that don't let the car rental companies run their own shuttle buses: the car rental companies have an incentive to run frequent buses; the airport authority does not.

SJC -- This used to be such a nice little airport. I never knew an airport could suffer from hubris, but I guess that's what the bubble was all about.

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