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Best airport in north america
| March 27th, 2014 at 11:21:35 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | © 2014 Copyright. Any use of results and data must show clear accreditation to SKYTRAX Vancouver International Airport remains customer favourite being named the Best Airport in North America named by air travellers at the 2014 World Airport Awards held at Passenger Terminal EXPO in Barcelona, Spain 1 Vancouver International Airport YVR Vancouver Canada 2 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport CVG Cincinnati USA 3 Denver International Airport DEN Denver USA 4 San Francisco International Airport SFO San Francisco USA 5 Toronto Pearson Airport YYZ Toronto Canada 6 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport ATL Atlanta USA 7 Halifax Stanfield Airport YHZ Halifax Canada 8 Seattle-Tacoma Airport SEA Seattle USA 9 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport DFW Dallas USA 10 New York JFK Airport JFK New York USA I am a little surprised by JFK. I haven't been there for a long time, but it seemed like the third world to me. Personally, I have always had a soft spot for Miami Airport, which seemed like the only airport that I actually wanted to be stranded in. |
| March 28th, 2014 at 2:49:15 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 | JFK depends on the terminal, I thought your exact words to describe jetBlue about 10 years ago but they remodeled it to a first class place. The President is a fink. |
| March 28th, 2014 at 10:00:29 AM permalink | |
| TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 | I've flown some of those, and others too. I'd rate Vancouver as the nicest too. Some of the remodelled concourses are great, well laid out and almost calm spaces. Sea-Tac is pretty good too, though more along the lines of a 'traditional' airport. Pearson has these fun travelators that accelerate in the middle via a clever sort of folding in the walkway. The worse I've been through was Atlanta. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
| March 28th, 2014 at 5:25:20 PM permalink | |
| boymimbo Member since: Mar 25, 2013 Threads: 5 Posts: 732 |
My soft spot is Maui Kalalui (OGG) airport, followed 2nd by Palm Springs (PSP). Strand me at either one with a bag of golf clubs. YVR and YYZ are my home airports. I love YVR, can't STAND YYZ... YYZ - way too far to walk from the parking lot to the gates, very long customs lines, very long lines for check in seemingly at all times. DEN - really liked, but only been there twice ATL - really did not like. Hallways too narrow. YHZ - small airport, only been there once (honeymoon), so fond memories. SEA - What? No. I hate terminals where you have to take a train. DFW - huge airport, easy to navigate. JFK - JetBlue terminal is cool, the rest is a dump. |
| March 29th, 2014 at 6:12:42 AM permalink | |
| beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 | I think an awful lot in that poll depends on where people have actually been. JFK, IMO, only makes that list because it's a major gateway/hub, so sheer number of people going through it matters. Same with ATL. Contrast either airport with PDX, for example (Portland, OR), and quality of restaurants, shopping, parking, amenities pricing, ease of reaching gates, beauty of concourses/atriums, are all comparable or better, but now that neither United nor Delta is using that airport as a hub, they don't get anywhere near the volume of travellers (as a percentage of the system) that ATL and JFK get. PHX (Phoenix, AZ) is another really well-designed, pleasant experience that didn't make the list. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
| March 29th, 2014 at 6:57:52 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I'm sure you are correct. It's amazing how busy Atlanta is compared to other airports in the country (scaled to Atlanta=100%). The airports that used to be much larger but lost most of their passengers (like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and St Louis) usually get high grades because they have so much infrastructure. ATL Atlanta 100.00% ORD Chicago 70.25% LAX Los Angeles 68.40% DFW Fort Worth 61.19% DEN Denver 56.33% JFK New York 53.54% SFO San Francisco 46.47% CLT Charlotte 43.74% LAS Las Vegas 43.54% PHX Phoenix 42.70% IAH Houston 41.57% MIA Miami 41.46% MCO Orlando 37.47% EWR Newark 37.20% SEA Seattle 35.20% MSP Minneapolis 34.81% DTW Detroit 34.06% PHL Philadelphia 31.85% BOS Boston 31.21% LGA New York 27.99% FLL Fort Lauderdale 24.99% BWI Glen Burnie 24.42% IAD Dulles 23.55% SLC Salt Lake City 20.92% DCA Arlington 20.66% MDW Chicago 20.59% HNL Honolulu 20.11% SAN San Diego 18.97% TPA Tampa 17.94% PDX Portland 15.60% STL St. Louis 13.54% HOU Houston 11.01% OAK Oakland 10.75% MCI Kansas City 10.63% BNA Nashville 10.47% AUS Austin 10.06% RDU Raleigh 9.80% SNA Santa Ana 9.57% SMF Sacramento 9.52% CLE Cleveland 9.44% MSY Metairie 9.37% SJU San Juan 9.18% SJC San Jose 8.90% SAT San Antonio 8.81% DAL Dallas 8.52% PIT Pittsburgh 8.49% MKE Milwaukee 8.10% RSW Fort Myers 7.93% IND Indianapolis 7.83% MEM Memphis 7.34% CMH Columbus 6.76% CVG Greater Cincinnati 6.39% OGG Kahului 6.25% PBI West Palm Beach 6.11% BDL Windsor Locks 5.78% ABQ Albuquerque 5.74% BUF Buffalo 5.65% JAX Jacksonville 5.63% ANC Anchorage 4.91% ONT Ontario 4.68% BUR Burbank 4.43% OMA Omaha 4.41% |
| March 29th, 2014 at 7:38:30 AM permalink | |
| beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 |
Paco, Fascinating list. Can you verify what the exact contrast is in calling them "busy"? This is not all commercial landings/takeoffs, right? Some kind of passengers served, including change of plane at hubs, maybe, as opposed to destination/origination only? Two that jump out at me are CVG and MEM, which are hubs for UPS and FedEx, respectively; both of which would rise appreciably in rank if it were based on Air Carrier operations. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
| March 29th, 2014 at 8:24:13 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
Yes. Atlanta has terrible signage and one can easily observe confused people dragging luggage back and forth and missing their stations on the train. I once left the security area and had to get re-screened which took me two lines. Bad signage. Every time I've been to Atlana, I had to shuffle between 3 gates. No way I could ever vote Atlanta as well designed. Portland, OR on the other hand made photography illegal everywhere in the airport, so some musicians who were between planes gave an impromptu free concert in the cocktail lounge/piano area (Tickets for their concerts generally go for 35.00, so a free one is certainly a bargain). Yet some security guard came running up to stop the videotaping as if cocktail lounge, piano and blank wall were going to somehow aid in a terrorist hijacking. This would tend to make me a bit turned off by Portland. Objective criteria are needed. How many cattle? How many electric prods? |
| March 29th, 2014 at 9:07:59 AM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 | The new Terminal 2 in San Francisco is in a league of its own. |
| March 29th, 2014 at 10:49:31 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | A lits of "best" is meaningless without a reference as to what's being graded. Say you posted the results of a race without posting the times of each runner, and not in the order of their arrival at the finish line, but only as who ran the race "best." That said, how do you grade an airport? There are LOTS of thigns to consider, from parking, to public transportation access, to facilities, to distances travelled, to decor, ambiance, etc etc etc. Far more valuable would be reviews of each airport. Now, there's an idea. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |