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re: MSY: Top Airport in America
Posted on 9/22/21 at 11:52 am to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 9/22/21 at 11:52 am to LSUFanHouston
Member when IB Screamin said the new airport would be a disaster? Haven’t had any issues the dozen or so times I’ve been through.
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Posted on 9/22/21 at 11:56 am to 777Tiger
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If there is a better larger airport, what is it?
DFW for starters
I don't think MSY should be included amongst "large" airports. I think of those as much bigger hub type airports (like DFW, which I think may be one of the best of those).
Posted on 9/22/21 at 11:56 am to LSUFanHouston
This baffles me. Its a beautiful airport and I will admit things are better since it first opened, but there are major design flaws that cause congestion in foot traffic and reduce efficiency. Maybe its just my engineer mindset, but these sorts of issues should not occur in a brand new airport.
The path to and from the parking garage should not cross the street where people are dropped off by vehicles. Theres no point for those paths to cross. Most large airports, including the old terminal, have the path from the parking garage to the terminal on a different level than the street entrance/exit level. Even the Baton Rouge airport has this. Currently, vehicles have to yield to pedestrians walking to and from the parking garage. I've seen traffic build up at the airport entrance as vehicles are waiting for pedestrians to cross. This inefficiency also increases the chance of someone being struck by a car which I'm sure the injury attorneys love.
Another foot traffic issue is between the TSA checkpoint and the terminal. The path becomes narrow in front of the stores and that also happens to be the same place where people leaving the airport cross paths with those headed to their gate. If they would remove that damn Starbucks there would be more space, but the path design there is still ridiculous.
Airport designs took these things into consideration 50 years ago, I'm not sure why the new MSY put little emphasis on reducing these inefficiencies.
The path to and from the parking garage should not cross the street where people are dropped off by vehicles. Theres no point for those paths to cross. Most large airports, including the old terminal, have the path from the parking garage to the terminal on a different level than the street entrance/exit level. Even the Baton Rouge airport has this. Currently, vehicles have to yield to pedestrians walking to and from the parking garage. I've seen traffic build up at the airport entrance as vehicles are waiting for pedestrians to cross. This inefficiency also increases the chance of someone being struck by a car which I'm sure the injury attorneys love.
Another foot traffic issue is between the TSA checkpoint and the terminal. The path becomes narrow in front of the stores and that also happens to be the same place where people leaving the airport cross paths with those headed to their gate. If they would remove that damn Starbucks there would be more space, but the path design there is still ridiculous.
Airport designs took these things into consideration 50 years ago, I'm not sure why the new MSY put little emphasis on reducing these inefficiencies.
This post was edited on 9/22/21 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 9/22/21 at 11:57 am to LSUFanHouston
Not that the actual Midway Pizza is anything special but the meal I had at the airport Midway might have been the worst airport meal I’ve ever had
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:00 pm to Ed Osteen
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Not that the actual Midway Pizza is anything special but the meal I had at the airport Midway might have been the worst airport meal I’ve ever had
It's so strange that they got an airport concession. I can't figure out how their real location stays in business.
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:00 pm to TigersSEC2010
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The airport is great. The city itself is a dying shithole.
Hot take Paul Blart
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:00 pm to LSUFanHouston
It’s rated #1 because it’s located in America’s city .. KennahBruh
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:03 pm to MintBerry Crunch
It’s a great airport
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:04 pm to Ancient Astronaut
Those automatic toilet seat covers are clutch
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:05 pm to LSUFanHouston
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the airlines there suck at checking bags
Haven't had this issue with Southwest which is the only airline I've flown recently with checked bags.
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the security folks fricking suck too.
TSA sucks everywhere... but I've never had to wait longer than 15 min and I don't have precheck or anything.
maybe it's just the early flights. I'm usually on 6AM-ish flights...
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:06 pm to Elleshoe
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maybe it's just the early flights. I'm usually on 6AM-ish flights...
Early flights are the absolute worst in experience
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:18 pm to LSUFanHouston
It's wonderful how Google can't even figure out how to get to it since they didnt think to build a goddamn off ramp from the interstate like every other airport in the US.
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:25 pm to LSUFanHouston
No one could fly in 2020 ??
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:33 pm to Duckman13
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People are probably just happy that is the only place you cant get shot in NOLA.
Maybe they should run the parade route past the parking deck.
>It's not a bad airport.
Arrival pick-up can get a little congested. Getting to it from I-10 is navigable with low-medium IQ. Long term parking rates are river-piracy.
This post was edited on 9/22/21 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:34 pm to LSUFanHouston
That one white TSA pre-check agent with the forearm tattoo that waves you through the metal detector is out to get me. He knows I’m always packing a tincture.
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:36 pm to MaHittaMaHitta
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Also, the line for Shake Shack is always 30 mins long.
Preach
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:41 pm to LSUFanHouston
It's a great airport. I've been in many.
Haven't flown through it in a while, but I assume they've moved the rental facility closer? That was a brutal shuttle. Only complaint I had.
Haven't flown through it in a while, but I assume they've moved the rental facility closer? That was a brutal shuttle. Only complaint I had.
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:47 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I don't think MSY should be included amongst "large" airports.
They aren't. There is a separate category for airports like DFW/ORD/ATL etc.
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:53 pm to LSUFanHouston
Sooo, it’s the equivalent of having a Chk-Fil-A in Mogadishu.
Posted on 9/22/21 at 1:00 pm to geaux88
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Sooo, it’s the equivalent of having a Chk-Fil-A in Mogadishu.
yep, airport is supposed to be a place of transit, not somewhere to go on a date
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