OB one, YGPM

A couple years ago, I started this thread about ORH mostly to compare it to MHT, PVD, BDL, and BOS. Your comments are right on, taking the Ted williams tunnel, I can make it in 56 minutes from Worcester to Logan vs. 1.5 hours and the pain that used to come from sitting in the Callahan/Sumner tunnel and merging onto the Southeast expressway. PVD, BDL, and MHT are all just a little more than an hour -and mostly there is no traffic. ORH access does require driving city streets, few well marked, and if you have driven on Airport Blvd lately, it is like driving a minefield. You might be able to go 30 mph. Personally, I don't think the problem is the access road, there were 5 or 6 airlines in the late 80's and over 300,000 enplanements and the numbers dropped steadily throughout the 90's when BDL, MHT, PVD really took off.

Moreover, the limited number of flights per day meant havoc if your flight was cancelled/delayed as often happened in winter/early spring. Prices were ok at ORH for some flights but not all and Worcesterites are notoriously frugal (ok, cheap) when it comes to paying.

MHT has gained from the population growth in Southern NH and it still manages to have cheap parking like BDL. Worcester's population is pretty stagnant. MHT highway access is through neighborhoods but it is pretty direct and the recent entryway construction helped. I find PVD to be very expensive to park these days, almost like BOS levels and I think PVD's enplanements are flat.

I agree.

I had to pick up a friend @ PVD recently. Normally, I just pick them up at the door, but since I was in the area, and it was near the scheduled arrival time, I decided to park and go in to meet them. Wouldn't you know it - the flight was delayed, AND UA/US "misplaced" the luggage!

By the time I exited the lot, it was 1 hour and 6 minutes. They wouldn't forgive those 6 minutes, so just that time cost $2! The total parking fee was $6!