RedTailDTW From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 730 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 8430 times:
Evidently these people haven't been to the magnificent McNamara terminal. Detroit is one of the most modernized airports in the US and in 2008, all the facilities will be 5 years old or younger. This servey is outrageous, look at the best airports list, where is DFW? IAH? PIT? DEN? ...
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4936 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 8394 times:
Quoting RedTailDTW (Reply 1): Evidently these people haven't been to the magnificent McNamara terminal. Detroit is one of the most modernized airports in the US and in 2008, all the facilities will be 5 years old or younger. This servey is outrageous, look at the best airports list, where is DFW? IAH? PIT? DEN? ...
Exactly what I was thinking... DTW is a great airport. That's why I wonder where they got their "data" from for the survey.
Eagle11 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 170 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 8366 times:
Quoting ShannoninAMA (Reply 3): When i connected in DTW last year i absolutely loved it! especially the new terminal.
I agree. I love taking NW through DTW. By far my favorite connecting terminal. It's easy to navigate and looks amazing. I have no idea where these ratings are coming from...
JetBlueAUS From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 1145 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 8351 times:
I love HOU, just not the main airline that flies there.
DAL, is very old, it reminds me of the old HOU. Hopefully they will revamp there, like they did with HOU. I fly to DAL quite often.
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PGNCS From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 2516 posts, RR: 45 Reply 6, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 8349 times:
Quoting RedTailDTW (Reply 1): This servey is outrageous, look at the best airports list, where is DFW?
Hopefully on the worst airports list!
Quoting Eagle11 (Reply 4): The final verdict...another worthless survey.
Phatfarmlines From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1322 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 8306 times:
How the hell did CLT end up on the bottom five? I think PHL deserves to be in that spot.
OB1504 From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2967 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 8301 times:
I think a lot of these "worst" airports are victims of their size. They're major connecting hubs for legacy carriers, and thus see significantly more passengers than the "best" airports. Thank God MIA wasn't there (and before you say anything, check out Concourses A and J and the higher gates of Concourse D).
LHboyatDTW From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 8296 times:
The survey is pure BS. Just because a major airport is in America's least favorite city doesn't mean it should get bad rankings.
For flying into DTW, it's an amazing terminal on one end and two piles of crap on the other with a new terminal under construction in between. I just wished it had more windows personally, but at least it will be a welcome change from the Smith Terminal.
Every time I've flown out of here, my flight has been delayed at an average of 20 minutes. In my opinion that's pretty small compared to what I've put up with every now and then.
DFWMzuri From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 248 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 8267 times:
Foolish story. Compares apples to oranges in my opinion. The title of the article states "Avoid at All Costs?" If you avoid JFK, ORD, EWR, I think you've limited a lot of airlines and destinations! I can go only so far from DAL. And the drive there isn't always smooth.
SkyyMaster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 8225 times:
Anyone seen the poll is 'Airports of the World' magazine, as done by the Airports Council International? They are broken down by size, international and domestic, but overall, the top 5 (they don't list the bottom feeders) in the U.S./Canada are:
1. DFW
2. Halifax
3. Ottawa
3. Detroit (tied w/Ottawa)
5. San Diego
Oddly, in the same article, a different poll lists the top 5 domestic airports in the U.S./Canada as: (It does not say what the difference is between this and the above mentioned poll)
1. Austin
2. Halifax
3. Ottawa
4. DFW
5. San Diego
Of course, it's all subjective, but AUS would be high on any list I can think of.
NWADC9 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 4858 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 8207 times:
ExFATboy From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2974 posts, RR: 9 Reply 13, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 8182 times:
Quoting Eagle11 (Reply 4): The final verdict...another worthless survey.
Agree 100%
How could any "Worst 5" list not include ATL? Other than the ridiculously overlong escalators to the "Transportation Mall" and the outrageous prices at Checkers, I have no major complaints about the facility itself. But the interminable weather and ATC delays make it miserable to connect at.
Gunsontheroof From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3462 posts, RR: 11 Reply 17, posted (5 years 11 months 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 8057 times:
Pretty telling that virtually no passengers make connections at any of their top five airports. Typical AOL front page "story" filler.
DeltaAVL From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 1893 posts, RR: 7 Reply 18, posted (5 years 11 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 8056 times:
What is up with all these surveys trying to say airports suck because of "crowded flights"???
I honestly don't care one bit if my flight's crowded or not. Actually, I enjoy it, because I know the airline's making money.
This survey, and all the rest, is just pure BS.
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ExFATboy From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2974 posts, RR: 9 Reply 20, posted (5 years 11 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 7991 times:
Quoting UPPERDECKFAN (Reply 19): Where is LAX and specially (but not only) the lovely Tom Bradley???
The report was mainly focusing on delays - and for all LAX's faults (and there are a lot of them!), it has relatively few delays compared to most large US airports.
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When i connected in DTW last year i absolutely loved it! especially the new terminal.
DAL is nice, but has its ups and downs
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