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I do not want to look them up, so I guess that EGGL and EGKK are German airports, LFPG is French so it must be CdG, LIPZ and LIRF are Italian, the latter is obviously Rome/Fiumicino, but I thought that it was called Leonardo da Vinci, too. LPFR, LPHR, LPLA, LPPT, LPSJ are Portuguese, LSZH is Swiss. There is one that I know for sure, but I do not want to spoil the fun, so I just give a hint: VIE=LOWW=Schwechat.

My airports:

EUROPE
Brussels Zaventem
Charleroi
Carcassonne (most basic airport ever :p)
Madrid Barajas
Amsterdam Schiphol
London Heathrow
Izmir

AMERICA
New York JFK
Washington Dulles
Las Vegas McCarran
Tusayan (Grand Canyon Airport)
SFO International

ASIA
Bangkok International

I think Bankok was a really nice airport, we had to wait a long time for our flight back, but there was enough room for everybody.
The worst airport ever was Charleroi, damn Ryanair cheapass flights!
We had to wait over 2 hours for our plane, with no place to sit.
When our plane finally was there, we had to go to the previous room because they let us wait in the wrong room.

AArgh! Definitely NOT Zaventem. Miles and miles of walking, no trolleys anywhere (actually, they don't even exist inside of the terminals), passengers forced to go up and down all the time in order to find their gate/public transport/customs. When you arrive and need to take public transport, you're first forced to walk, go two stairs down, walk again, go two stairs up, get your luggage, go two stairs down again. Try to do that with a couple of children and some hand luggage (not that I've done it personally but...). Also it's a nightmare for elderly persons.

Annie_in_exile wrote:AArgh! Definitely NOT Zaventem.

You're right ... welcome in Belgium . But in the new terminal is nice, lot of space and clean. Ever visited the old terminal (arrival-departure Europe)? That was horrible.

The airports I like most are not in the list. But well, there are so many in the world:
- Dubai International Airport: Gives a real oriental feeling
- Abu Dhabi: The Duty-Free-section is like made in 1001 Nights
- Denpasar / Bali: As exotic as Bali itself.

I don't fly that much, you get so tired of using your arms all the time. First of all I have to see, that I missed Schiphol in the poll, and second, I want to mention Oslo airport. I've been there a couple of times, and it's a beautiful airport. Quite big and light and the personel is so friendly. I love it.

Giberski

Schiphol, Amsterdam airport is the best I think.

PS. Been to the Viena airport Austria, JFK NY, Aruba airport, Montreal Canada, London Heatrow.

From the ones on the list I've only been to Frankfurt Int'l. Last week actually. And I have to say I didn't think it was bad, but the trip from terminal A to B and vice versa wasn't great (building work, I know...)

Off the top of my head, in no particular order and with incomplete names, I've been to:

Schiphol Amsterdam
Brussels Zaventem
Frankfurt International (transfer)
Berlin (transfer)
London Gatwick (transfer)
Newcastle
Glasgow
Rome
Turin
Milan
Gran Canaria
Faro
Moscow
Kiev
Bangkok
Dallas, TX

Of all these Gatwick & Schiphol top my list. It's not a very impressive one, though. And the two intercontinental ones were both in the last few weeks, before that I hadn't even left Europe. The travelling goes to explain my prolonged absense on this board too, of course.

O, I've been to the airport in Tulsa, OK, too. But I didn't fly from there myself.

Annie_in_exile wrote:Also it's a nightmare for elderly persons.

...as which, I hope, you don't count yourself!

On topic: I don't feel comfortable on any airport. The least uncomfortable airport I know is probably the one at Munich. But better take the train anyway (if feasible).

Gauss wrote:

Annie_in_exile wrote:Also it's a nightmare for elderly persons.

...as which, I hope, you don't count yourself!

Hi Gauss! Originally I was thinking of my own parents - I wouldn't trust them to find out of the terminal by themselves. Or it would take a week. But now that you mentioned it, I'm not too far from being a senior citizen myself. For instance, last time I took a flight, I was carrying two rather granny-like thingies: I had a blood pressure monitor and knitting needles with me. Surprisingly enough, I got through the security check with them. However, I wouldn't take such equipment on a plane to the US. I'd find myself in jail before I could say Guantanamo.

I hate malpensa in Milan!

nodisch18 wrote:For all you airport freaks, this is perhaps a interesting page:


http://gc.kls2.com/

Great link!!!!! It's exactly the websites I love!!

www.sleepinginairports.com

Gives views on lots of different airports

Helsinki-Vantaa is the best. You don't have to stand in lines there all day.
At least I don't have to.

I have bin to Zaventem (Brussels airport), Schiphol (Amsterdam airport), Keflavik airport (Iceland), Athens airport, Rome (Fiumicino airport), Vienna airport and recently Oslo Gardermoen airport, Tromsø airport and Kirkenes airport.

Kirkenes airport (KKN) was the smallest airport I saw till now and I liked it very much, and toghether with Tromsø the only non-international airport that I visited. For me Kirkenes airport is the number 1 airport for the moment.