exilencfc

Nor does IAD which serves the nation's capital. Although at least they're building one.

Internaut

Now there's a nice, smooth airport to go through. Not much in the way of facilities and the lounges are not up to much but it is at least fast:

1. On an international arrival, I've gone from plane, to immigration, to collecting my bag, to the taxi, all in just under 20 minutes (you need to know what you're doing, be close to the front of the plane and be prepared to run a little to do that though).

2. On international departure, from check in to immigration and clearing security in five minutes.

Downsides? Toilets are in a state of disrepair (you'd have to be very luck to have both soap and a working hand dryer at the same time). The airspace around the airport closes for an hour or so, either side of a certain dictator's plane coming in to land (he's a bit paranoid).

exbayern

I love the fact that they use the central square for events - World Cup, car displays, Christmas market. Last winter I was having a gelato outside, watching two young soldiers fascinated with the Christmas toy train display. It really feels like a community there.

worldiswide

Personally I think all US airports are zoos and most people are treated like animals and not people. The experience is unpleasant from the moment you set foot in the terminal until you exit. Depending on the time of day or year, it can be better or worse. Unfortunately, its a necessary component of travel so you have to grin and bear it.

I connect in LHR quite a bit, and I know there is always a lot of bad mouthing of that airport, but I kind of like it. I havent found the transfers to be difficult at all, and the only real bad time is early morning. I was also in BRU and CDG in the last week and found them much more difficult.

The airports in PEK and PVG are really big but very clean and spacious. In PEK we had a driver and guide that were able to meet us at the gate and escort us to a hidden driveway where we bypassed most of usual activity.

HKG is also civilized.

Santander

Unfortunately, I have to pretty much agree to this. If you walk into a US airport in a bad mood, chances are it won't get any better. Even if you try to think positively, it seems there's always someone who makes your day a bit worse. Thankfully SFO (my main US airport) is one of the best of the worst.
LHR wouldn't be so bad if it was an airport with a shopping mall inside. Unfortunately it feels like a shopping mall with an airport attached to it.
I wouldn't hestitate to call PEK a zoo. It's very clean and huge, but there's little do do and the atmosphere is not that pleasant. PEK is the last major East Asian airport I'd want to do a 5+ hour layover in. PVG is much nicer than PEK imo.

HKG is wonderful, best in the world imo.