re: Airports with meager amenities

Posted by Bourre

Da Parish

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:16 pm to AbitaFan08

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Kansas City

Posted by TheDeathValley

New Orleans, LA

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:17 pm to elprez00

Savannah
Baton Rouge
New Orleans

Posted by Tiger JED

Texas

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:19 pm to Paul Allen

Kansas City is horrible

Posted by AbitaFan08

Boston, MA

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:21 pm to Tiger JED

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Kansas City is horrible

Locals apparently love it because they can get through security and to their terminal really fast, but sweet baby Jesus help you if you have a layover there.

Posted by GEAUXT

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:21 pm to Paul Allen

Someone already mentioned it, but Kansas city wins hands down

Posted by Vegas Eddie

The Quad

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:24 pm to Paul Allen

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Dulles

this

Posted by Peazey

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:24 pm to AbitaFan08

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But the winner for most meager airport (for relatively large city - so BR doesn't count) is far and away Kansas City.

It's a strange airport for sure. The terminal where I was at had the restaurant outside of the check in. I thought I was going to check in and get something to eat while waiting for the plane. Nope.

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Posted by Paul Allen

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:26 pm to Peazey

Wow KC must be really bad

Posted by GEAUXT

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:27 pm to Paul Allen

The entire airport is weird. You do get through security really fast though and they don't have TSA

Posted by AbitaFan08

Boston, MA

Member since Apr 2008

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:29 pm to Peazey

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It's a strange airport for sure. The terminal where I was at had the restaurant outside of the check in. I thought I was going to check in and get something to eat while waiting for the plane. Nope.

Yeah that was completely stupid of you to expect to be able to get to the restaurant after checking in.

I had a layover there for 3 hours and was starving, so the only way I could eat was to leave the terminal, eat, and then go back through security to catch my flight. Dumbest airport design ever.

Posted by LSURussian

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:31 pm to Paul Allen

Chelyabinsk, Russia. Not even a toilet in the departure area.

Posted by YouAre8Up

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:32 pm to Paul Allen

Are you there looking for 5 star restaurants to eat at or are you there to travel somewhere?

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Posted by thebrowns

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:32 pm to GEAUXT

I agree KC sucks, but jsut did a quick google and apparently JD Power and Associates Ranked them #1 for Medium Size Airports in 2010

LINK

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Medium Airports
Kansas City International (MCI) ranks highest among medium airports, and performs particularly well in three of the six factors: airport accessibility, check-in/baggage check and security check. Following MCI in the segment rankings are Portland International (PDX) and Tampa International (TPA). PDX performs particularly well in the food and retail services factor while TPA performs particularly well in the terminal facilities and baggage claim factors.