Are These America's Happiest Airports?

[KamaAina]

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/are-these-americas-happiest-airports-111723511852.html

Most of us dread layovers. The waiting, the greasy food, not to mention the unpleasant lighting can really dampen the whole vacation experience.

But apparently there are a few airports in the country where you may actually want to stop over.

Dating site MissTravel.com polled over 50,000 people and came up with a list of what may be America’s happiest airports. With perks like great local food, variety of shops, free Wi-Fi and other activities, these hubs make travel a breeze.

The top picks all had unique attributes that made them a worthwhile spot to kick up your roller suitcase but all received high marks for their (relative) comfort, convenience, customer service and cleanliness.

[Art_from_Ark]

1. I've never seen a "happy" airport

I've seen a lot of airports with overpriced shops and restaurants, though.

[calikid]

9. I've seen a bunch of "happy" airports.

But, none of them could accept an airliner.

[Art_from_Ark]

19. I bet a lot of them could accept "magic carpets", though

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. Shops at Portland Airport are required to charge the same prices

as their in-town branches do.

It deserves its number-one spot. San Francisco is pretty good for a large airport, LAX not so much.

[Art_from_Ark]

18. That sounds nice

Unfortunately, I have no chance to use Portland. I've flown through San Francisco a few times but was not particularly impressed or happy. But at the terminal at LAX where I was waiting for an Arkansas flight, there was absolutely nothing except for some way overpriced salads and sandwiches.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. The best-kept secret at LAX

If you have a long layover at LAX, there's a nice lounge on the food court level of the International Terminal. You have to go out from the arrivals area and go back in again, but straight ahead from the top of the escalator there's a lounge that's open to anyone who is willing to pay $10 an hour. It has dim lighting, comfy recliners, and food and drink. I used it once when I had five hours between arrival from Japan and check in for my flight to MSP.

[DFW]

2. Kastrup seemed happy, too, if you keep one thing in mind

København's airport has nice lighting, nice shops and $30 sandwiches, full meals for three times that.

From what the restaurants there charge, you'd think it was a terminal for Emirates Airlines, Saudia Airways and private jets belonging to Microsoft, Apple, the Kochs and the Romney family.

[cwydro]

3. I love this.

Spent a lot of time in airports during my life.

[Coventina]

4. I just can't put "happy" and "airport" in the same sentence.

I just can't.

[KamaAina]

5. So I guess that if you make a new "Airport '15" flick,

Pharrell Williams won't be on the soundtrack?

[jmowreader]

20. They already made Airport 2006, but they didn't call it that

Snakes on a Plane is the fifth installment in the Airport Franchise. It's got stars, an improbable disaster that takes place on an airplane and a happy ending...the only thing missing is George Kennedy, who I can TOTALLY see screaming about a "motherfucking hole in the side of the motherfucking plane."

[Arugula Latte]

6. We fly out of PDX (Portland). We love it.

Not surprised it made #1.

[fizzgig]

7. we flew through phl last month

it wasn't bad, but i don't know if it's because it wasn't as bad as the reviews said it was or if it just wasn't bad.

[Blue_Tires]

8. Philadelphia made the list??

I haven't been through there in awhile, so evidently there is a "new" PHL...

[KamaAina]

12. I would imagine it made the "5 worst" list

[Skittles]

13. not sure I want to sit on a plane next to someone who has been sweating it out in a fitness room

ya know?

[Jenoch]

11. The most important thing an airport can offer me,

other than a good flight is, free WIFI. I also would like a good meal, if I have the time. I tend to attempt to spend as little time in airports as I can so I do not often eat in airports.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. I like airports. There's always something interesting going on.

And just ask former Senator Larry Craig about the especially interesting men's room at MSP.

[irisblue]

15. I want clean bathrooms, heck with happy...clean johns

are more important to me

[mackerel]

16. SFO is so nice now but that wasn't always so

[olddots]

17. LAX is the worst airport in this segment of the galaxy

Eugene & Portland are happy airports

[jmowreader]

21. There is no possible way it's worse than O'Hare or LaGuardia

If you want to open the contest to closed airports, the term for a six-hour layover at Stapleton is "extraordinary rendition."

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. Haven't been to LaGuardia in years, but O'Hare has no place to sit and relax

during a long layover. The benches seem to be purposely made uncomfortable.

I once missed a flight to London due to a late connection and had to stay overnight. I was booked into an awful motel in the middle of nowhere, with literally nothing on the TV but Fox News and sports (apparently only conservative men stayed there). No point in sticking around, so I went back to the airport and sat around from 10:00AM to 4:00.

Talk about long days, sitting on benches with little back support.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Jacksonville's airport has rocking chairs and a full sized art gallery.

Plus it's large enough to be served by most major airlines but not so large that it feels like a zoo.

On the negative side, it is about 15 miles from downtown.