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Munich International Airport

The terminal is very spacious and bright.

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8849.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8850.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8851.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8852.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8863.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8864.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8868.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8870.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8872.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8873.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8876.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8882.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8892.JPG

There is a huge square outside the entrance with a large canopy.

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8853.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8855.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8859.JPG

Terminal 2

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8861.JPG

Parking & Control Tower

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8862.JPG

Airplanes from the observation deck (2 euros)

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8883.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8887.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8891.JPG

From the gate : notice the smaller aircraft parked on the tarmac. Yet even more smaller aircraft are parked beyond to the left.

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8895.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8897.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8898.JPG

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8904.JPG

Aerial View

http://www.globalphotos.org/munich/DSCN8909.JPG

Hong Kong International Airport - Chek Lap Kok

Source : pBase

http://www.pbase.com/tommytong1972/image/32314867.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/tommytong1972/image/35215975.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/tommytong1972/image/32315523.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/tommytong1972/image/28268135.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/36004902.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/36004900.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jongky/image/33404926.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jongky/image/33405021.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jongky/image/33405079.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jongky/image/33405366.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863868.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863904.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863903.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863900.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863985.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863916.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863889.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863909.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863922.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863956.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863959.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/15970095.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/15970099.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/15970100.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863843.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863850.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/28863877.jpg

http://img35.exs.cx/img35/5263/airport3.jpg

munich airport: nice, but looks a bit like a refurbished warehouse.

Zurich airport (Unique)
http://p.chateau.free.fr/TWALETTER/2002_07_Zurich%20Kloten%20vue%20du%20ciel-1.jpg

Entrance:
http://www.sengers.ch/izueri/flughafen/DSC_3000.jpg
Airside center:
http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/zurich/images/4_Sideview_new-Railway-stat.jpg
construction phase:
http://www.svi.ch/udb/cpro2GsSQ2SVI_Meeting04_07.JPG
Dock A:
http://www.stegerag.ch/alt/images/fingerdock.jpg
Dock Midfield (access by airport metro)
http://www.luftfahrt.ch/images/zrhmidfield.jpg

this is the new terminal 4 in madrid airport. will be ready in 2006, for 70million psg.
some pics, enj :) oy it
http://usuarios.lycos.es/Gilber/ampli3.jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0338_-_tob_-_0%20(2).jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0318_-_tob_-_0%20(01).jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0318_-_tob_-_0%20(02).jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0318_-_tob_-_0%20(05).jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0318_-_tob_-_0%20(08).jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0318_-_tob_-_0%20(09).jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0318_-_tob_-_0%20(15).jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0378_-_tpr_-_17.jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0378_-_tpr_-_18.jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0318_-_tob_-_0%20(18).jpg
http://www.mviv.es/vivienda/arquitectura/documentos/photos/photo8.jpg
http://usuarios.lycos.es/Gilber/260202.jpg
http://fotos.ya.com/RoTeS/ph10997494907815.jpg
http://fotos.ya.com/RoTeS/ph10997496826212.jpg
http://personales.ya.com/jogoro/PC130021.JPG
http://personales.ya.com/jogoro/barajas/PC130013.JPG
http://personales.ya.com/jogoro/barajas/PA070235.JPG
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/9416/deamarilloarojo0ig.jpg
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/5803/deamarilloavioleta2pn.jpg
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/654/vistageneralamarillo1dz.jpg
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/3246/techodebambu6bs.jpg
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/2815/equipajes3cv.jpg
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/7773/cubierta4dx.jpg
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/8764/muchosfingers6ku.jpg
http://img147.echo.cx/img147/7720/fingers7zg.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/19.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/20.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/22.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/23.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/25.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/26.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/27.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/28.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/29.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/30.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/31.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/32.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/33.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/35.jpg
http://www.fotoarquitectura.com/reportajes/barajas/big/38.jpg
also visit this website http://www.airliners.net/open.file/836552/L/
the architects are 'estudio lamela' (spanish) the author of the bernabeu stadium in madrid,and 'richard rogers' (u.k)
thanks to the spanish forumers, as ROTES who posted some of the pics in another thread.
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^^ No doubt that it is a good airport but it hasn't opened yet!!!

yes, the works are delayed, but will be open in few months

Can anyone give the ranking of the world's largest airports? THANKS!

ACI 2004 Preliminary Data - World's Busiest Airports
1 ATLANTA, GA (ATL)
2 CHICAGO, IL (ORD)
3 LONDON, GB (LHR)
4 TOKYO, JP (HND)
5 LOS ANGELES, CA (LAX)
6 DALLAS/FT WORTH AIRPORT, TX (DFW)
7 FRANKFURT, DE (FRA)
8 PARIS, FR (CDG)
9 AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS)
10 DENVER, CO (DEN)
11 LAS VEGAS, NV (LAS)
12 PHOENIX, AZ (PHX)
13 MADRID, ES (MAD)
14 BANGKOK, TH (BKK)
15 NEW YORK, NY (JFK)

INCHEON!!!

Incheon in Seoul.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/800px-Incheon_Airport.jpg

Toronto Pearson Terminal 1

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3762.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3723.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3738.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3740.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3734.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3746.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3745.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3771.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3654.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3775.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3613.jpg

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Madrids looks cool, but its borderline tacky and it might not age very well.

Copenhagen-Kastrup International Airport
19 million passengers in 2004, 20 million passengers expected in 2005.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/t3natpreview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/hiltonthaipreview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/t3aftenpreview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/skibetpreview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/schengenaftenpreview01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/rotundevestpreview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/nonschengenpreview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/hotelhiltonpreview02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/fingervestpreview02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/tictac2k1/fingervestpreview01.jpg

http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/schiphol/images/2_Kaart-5e-baan.jpg

AMSTERDAM SCHIPHOL INTERNATIONAL

Europe's No.4 in passengers and 3rd in freight.

http://www.xinu.nl/users/edwin/aviation/schiphol/SPL-large.jpg

Schiphol's 2004 Passenger Numbers Reach 42.5 Mln
January 5, 2005

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport handled a record 42.5 million airline
passengers last year even with the number of flights below the levels
prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks, its operator said.

Schiphol Group, which operates the Netherlands main hub airport,
said in a statement on Wednesday that in addition to a 6.5 percent rise
in passenger numbers in 2004, cargo handling rose 8.5 percent to more
than 1.4 million tonnes.

The airport group, which the government may partially privatize,
said it expected a further 4.5 percent rise in passenger handling numbers
this year.


http://www.airwork.nl/airportguide/airportpics/airportgroot/eham-gates.jpg

http://www.priclad.nl/images/refvcrschiphol.jpg

http://www.wolterendros.nl/brandbeveiliging/images/dpier01.jpg

http://www.toornend.com/images/2002119_28.JPG

http://www.crosinfo.nl/images/plaza.jpg

http://www.hrt.msu.edu/greenroof/WebSite%20Images/17%20%20071001%20SchipholAmsterdamAirport.jpg

http://www.airliners.nl/images/240404_Schiphol_two_towers.jpg

http://www.airliners.nl/images/030305-KLM-PH-BFD.jpg

www.airliners.nl

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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is huge but terminal buildings are not very nice...
:(

i remeber someone asking for pics of jakarta's soekarno hatta airport sometime back in some other thread.... but i cant find the thread so ill post the pics i compiled here

so to start us off.. here are some maps/aerials to give u guys a general feel on the aiport's layout, which i think is quite unique..
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0693.jpg
a closer view of the departure gates
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0315.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0690.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/595967.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/552859.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0319.jpg

now there are gardens in each of the "pockets" that exists within the departure gate clusters and here are some of them
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0318.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00211ow.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00094dd.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0691.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0689.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0317.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/IAA0316.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/dscn21698ct.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/175648272OFlIDP_ph.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/168303667pcKFJY_ph.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/50941986TAhgjP_ph.jpg

and now here are some of the interiors
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00131mb.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00118mk.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00159fv.jpg
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http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00207cp.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00169cn.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/pict00228co.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/inside.bmp
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/dscn21623kz.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/157797310GSRLWl_ph.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/departure.bmp
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/6827/110732849qziTPA_ph.jpg

heres the motif of this airport. i got it from the Aga Khan's website, the Landscaper of this airport.

http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/six.../indonesia.html

Development of the Indonesian economy, with the consequent growth in air traffic, required the government to increase the size of its international/domestic airport by adding a second terminal, raising its total capacity to 18 million passengers. Terminal II is very similar to Terminal I, completed in 1985, both having been designed by Paul Andreu, and based on the premise that unlike most contemporary airports, Indonesia's should reflect the culture and traditions of the country. Both terminals interpret the rural buildings of Java: clusters of shingled houses with steeply inclined roofs scattered among flat expanses of fields. Both integrate landscape and building in an exceptionally beautiful way. The airport structures are designed as open pavilions, set within the lush, natural environment, providing shade, shelter, and ventilation. The architect's wish to keep the pavilions and all the circulation spaces beyond the check--in areas completely open to the natural landscape was fully realised in Terminal I, but not in Terminal II, since the airport authorities wished the newer terminal to be free of rain and insects, and air conditioned. Windows had to be installed throughout the pavilions and circulation corridors of Terminal II, thus separating the interior spaces from the gardens. Even so, the landscaped setting, filled with tropical plants, offers the traveller a satisfying preview of the natural landscape of central Java. The jury noted with favour that both terminals, unlike most airports where the efficient movement of people is the primary objective, provide a variety of spaces for gathering and contemplation, alone or in groups.

Copenhagen airport has no competition. Simply the best.

MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT


NAIA TERMINAL 1:


The first terminal, Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA-1) is the original terminal and was constructed in 1981. The 67,000 square meter terminal was designed by filipino architect Leandro V. Locsin.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/naia1-layout.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/naia1-2.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/naia1-1.jpg



NAIA TERMINAL 2 (centennial terminal):

The second terminal, Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 (NAIA-2), was finished in 1998 and is popularly called the Centennial Terminal since 1998 was the centennial year of the declaration of Philippine Independence from Spain. The 75,000 square meter domestic terminal was designed by Aeroports de Paris.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/TER2.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/TER22.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/TER23.jpg


NAIA TERMINAL 3 (newest terminal):

The third terminal, Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3), was approved for construction in 1997. The ultra-modern 189,000 square meter international terminal facility was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) to have a capacity of 13-15 million passengers per year. There is an additional 20,000 square meter floor area for shopping mall which connects the terminal to the indoor parking area. The Terminal 3 structure has a length of 1.1 Km (0.68 miles) from end to end.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/naia3-layout.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/01.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/AIR1.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/c.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/AIR3.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/02.jpg
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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/AIR13.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/AIR14.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/aninoy5.jpg
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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/aninoy1.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/AIR4.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/AIR5.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/AIR12.jpg

Pearson International Airport in TORONTO ROCKS!

Any airport that can handle AIRBUS is gotta be great

No offense but I don't find Manila's airport that fascinating. The new Bangkok airport looks 100% better than that.

Terminals 2 and 3 though looks ok. Terminal 3 doesn't look that great on the outside but it looks nice on the inside. That is if the Philippine government opens the new terminal

I've seen the design for the Diosdado Macapagal Intl Airport in Clark and it looks better. I think this would be a better alternative to Manila's current airport since it's too close to the city.

Hong Kong's Airport is one of the best in Asia if not, the best.

Here's what the new Bangkok airport is going to look like

http://www.asiwebsite.com/images/photo/BNIA03.jpg

http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/bangkok/images/terminal-3.jpg

the website
http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com

Dubai International Airport :)

OK.. I know a well-travelled businessman who works at the Canary Wharf in London, and of all these airports he's been through more than once:

London Heathrow
London Gatwick
New York - JFK
New Jersey - Newark
Amsterdam - Schiphol
Dubai Intl
Mumbai Intl (sry cant remember full name)
Miami Intl
Singapore - Changi
Chicago - O'Hare
LAX
San Francisco Intl
Riyadh Intl
Bahrain
Nairobi - Kenyatta intl
Jo'burg and Cape Town Intl... & some more i cant remember

he named the best as Singapore Changi without any hesitation
aahh if only all of Heathrow could be as innovative as T5

http://www.memonline.com/images/heathrowt5.jpg

The new Barajas in Madrid..in four moths will be finished the constrution.It´s very good.

Best Airports of 2005

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4826/top109br.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I've been to Chep Lak Kok and I would have to say that it really deserves it top spot. It has been on top 5 years in a row. But I really like the design of the Seoul Incheon Airport

http://www.newsworld.co.kr/cont/0310/img/26.jpg
http://www.fentressbradburn.com/Images/Used/INCHEON_arrival.jpg
http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/incheon/images/image4.jpg

source:www.airlinequality.com

Wonderful

Incheon is a very nice airport

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264975

Adelaide, South Australia population 1.1m has a nice new Airport with both domestic and international flights from shared terminal . http://www.aal.com.au

I like the Ben Gurion airport. It's the most secured in the world!

yes you know ,the events forced us to be very efficient with security

@STAFF
Copenhagen airport has no competition. Simply the best.
:weirdo:

Ehh ..Amsterdam Schiphol airport (No.9 largest in the world) many years best in the WORLD, Copenhagen kastrupp airport (No.78 in the world....)only one year yet best europe......so ehhh no competition?? Schiphol now is still second.......

Dubai International airport

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport2.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport5.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport6.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport4.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/Airport1.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport3.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport7.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport8.jpg
Business lounge
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/airport8businesslounge.jpg
New terminal 3 coming up
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/terminal3.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/Dubai_/Airport/term3.jpg

http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/schiphol/images/2_Kaart-5e-baan.jpg


wow. why the runway so far away? that seems like a fucking commute just to get planes over there. it would take so much time....

they could just make that taxiway an actual run way. lol

Wow, Dubai airport looks more like a mall. I'll defintely enjoy staying there!

HONG KONG'S! That lounge is reason enough, although I've noticed that they've been getting a little stingy in recent years.

nice pictures of the airports!

Hong Kong without a doubt

For my young number of years I have been to a good number of the worlds great airports. Two standouts are Amsterdam Schipol and Madrid Barajas

Denver International Airport! So neat because the airport matches the mountains to the west!

http://deseretnews.com/photos/2157131.jpg

http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/denver/

This is the material that built the canopies:
http://www.fffna.saint-gobain.com/Data/Element/Node/ProductLine/product_line_edit.asp?ele_ch_id=L0000000000000001940

Denver International Airport was the first airport to be built in the United States in over twenty years. Construction on the 4.2 billion dollar DIA was started in 1989, and was supposed to end by 1993. However opening was delayed until 1996 because of many numerous delays. One of which was the famous baggage system. In what was billed as one of the fastest and reliable systems turned out to be nothing but a headache. After opening in 1996, many passengers encountered problems with the system. After over a million dollars in repairs, it was finally abandoned for an old fashioned model. Given this fact however, DIA still remains as one of airports of the US.
As the ninth busiest airport in the world, the planers of Denver International wanted to be able to get people in and out as fast as possible. They reasoned that fast runways will do nothing if people are still stuck in the terminals. With that in mind, DIA was designed with a three story terminal to allow passengers to move freely and with little or no congestion. In order to facilitate this, there is more than a quarter mile of counter space for passengers to use. Also, the airport has to capability to expand from the current capacity of 32 million to 110 million by the year 2020, which would make it the busiest airport in the world.

To make getting from terminal to terminal even easier, Denver designed and built the Automated Guideway Transit System (AGTS) as a safe and efficient way of moving the passengers around. This is a fully automated system that carries up to 80 passengers through the center of the terminals and concourses. The trains follow a rail that serves both to guild them and to give the electric power to the cars motors. The fact that this system id fully automated and runs completely on electricity, make it environmentally safe, which was a big concern about the entire airport.

The designers of this airports worked closely with the Environmental Protection Agency to make sure that this airport conserves resources and minimizes pollution. Some of these environmental designs include the following. Water is conserved by using brand new state of the art low flush toilets. I know what you are thinking. It is just a toilet, who cares? These new toilets conserve water by using less water per flush than others. Planets and grass were also planted that do not use as much water and can survive drought seasons. This will save millions of gallons of irrigation water needed for the farms that surround DIA. A new recycling program was also introduces to cut down on solid waste. The runway was made of a composite of fly ash (unburned fuel remnants from coal-burning plants) and concrete strengthen it and in effect saved this waste from filling landfills. Airport vehicles run on natural gas rather than gasoline to cut down air pollution. Noise pollution still remains a major problem for Denver and for any other airport. As with most airports, residence housing can not be built within a certain distance of an airport. Combined with the new type of aircraft that reduce the noise that comes alone with every airport. With these conservation and pollution design features, DIA is the first major airport to include environmental concerns as part of its planning and construction process.
In order to optimize space, the airfield was designed to place runways in every quadrant of the site. The total of five runways are arranged in a pinwheel fashion that allow air controllers to shift traffic to any where, when factors like wind come into play. Plans to build a sixth are currently under way. As usual, none of the runways cross each other for safety. Lights are imbedded in the concrete to form centerlines and stopbars at intersections, which help with safety at low visibility. Even during bad weather, which is a big problem for Denver, up to three streams of aircraft are able to land to keep traffic in the air down. With all this runway space, the problem arises when it snows in Denver, which is a common occurrence.

The airlines at Denver have the safest and most efficient facilities available for deicing aircraft before and after take off. Deicing at DIA is designed to be efficient, kind to the environment and also and effective preventative safety measure. There are three centralized deicing pads located at the end of each concourse. The procedure is to spray ethylene glycol or propylene glycol onto aircraft to help with the deicing. To prevent ice from forming again, these pads are located close to runways so that they can almost immediately take off. The big environmental issue with the deicing process is the run off. The fluids are collected and piped into storage tanks for future recycling. Dirty water from the concourse area is funneled into two ponds in the middle of the runways and mixed with sun and air to break it down naturally. With so many things to take into consideration, the use of computers was needed. In fact, DIA was the first airport in the world to be totally designed, built, and operated using computers. The multi-layer terminal to help passengers move and easily find their way around, plus the parking system, plus the train and the runways were all designed by computers. Computer models, of the runways, weather, wind, taxiing, movement of people, etc., all aided the design of DIA. The idea behind the city paying 3.3 million dollars was the hope that eventually this and much more will be repaid in the operation of the airport in the years to come.
What first attracted me to Denver International Airport, was the baggage system that made DIA the joke of all airports. However, there is so much more to it than one failed attempt fix something. As the first airport to be built in twenty years, the technology that DIA carries with it is second to none. Comparing DIA to other airports and the efforts to improve them, make Denver Internationals 4.3 billion seem like a bargain. Denver International Airport is truly amazing and is a great example of one of the busiest and most advance airports in the world.

kansai airpor is one of the coolest airports i have ever seen, they did a special on it on the discovery channel? well any ways they made this artificial island that could support an airport and to prevent it from sinking they used hydrolics to prop it up and now they're in the process of DOUBLING the size of the airport, it is one of the most hi tech airports i've ever seen

I gotta go with Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong

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Copenhagen airport has no competition. Simply the best. It's no the biggest in the world, but it has won a buch of awards and have a lovely feeling to it..

What it do need is a IMAX cinema with 30min movies to make the waiting go faster.... :) and a Star Bucks :cheers:

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Kuala Lumpur International airport!! :)

below r some pics i took during summer 2005

enjoy!

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Dubai International airport looks great I'll make sure I get some pics of the Airport when I go there after next week

I've traveled quite a bit and the airport I have enjoyed the most is the new Detroit airport. It has perhaps the best floor layout and many great features. Anyone have any pics to post?

Hong Kong is officially rated as the world's best, but I'd put it in 2nd to Singapore. Whether that's because I've spent more time at Singapore airport (stopovers etc...at HK airport I usually just depart/arrive...no stopovers) I don't know.

But I love both airports and all the other airports I've visited don't even come close.

Chek Lap Kok is much better than Changi in terms of architecture, efficiency and modernity. But Changi has better facilities, shopping and entertainment. But I'm looking forward to the completion of the new terminal.

^ Actually in terms of efficiency, both airport is on par........:yes:

^ Actually in terms of efficiency, both airport is on par........:yes:

OK :) But one thing that Changi offers that Chek Lap Kok doesn't is a free trip of the city!

That's because you can't explore Hong Kong in a day. ;)

I don't think you can explore any city in the world in just one day......:yes:

That's because you can't explore Hong Kong in a day. ;)

Very true but there are some who would just want to see the city's skyline and shop even if it's only one day :)

I don't think you can explore any city in the world in just one day......:yes:

True as well but Changi still offers a free trip of Singapore :) It's good though! I don't think you can have that in other airports especially Narita!

^ Actually in terms of efficiency, both airport is on par........:yes:


But Changi is still better in terms of efficiency... We still need at least 15 - 20 mins to go thru immigartion at HKG. In Changi, you never have to spend for more than 5 mins.

In terms of other facilities and comfort level, both are on par. And in terms of architecture, HKG is just amazing.

True as well but Changi still offers a free trip of Singapore :) It's good though! I don't think you can have that in other airports especially Narita!

By the time you get to Tokyo, it would be about 2 hours later......that would be hard to explore it in a day....And one should never explore Tokyo or Hong Kong in a day. But Singapore, a day trip is certainly possible.

By the time you get to Tokyo, it would be about 2 hours later......that would be hard to explore it in a day....And one should never explore Tokyo or Hong Kong in a day. But Singapore, a day trip is certainly possible.

That's what I'm saying about Narita. The airport is far from the city! Chek Lap Kok is only 20 minutes from HK but I still favor of a free trip even just looking at the skyline :)

wow. why the runway so far away? that seems like a fucking commute just to get planes over there. it would take so much time....
It's because of the noise! By using this runway the planes don't have to fly above Amsterdam. That runway is mostly in use by night.

The current runway use of Schiphol can be viewed online. On this screenshot you can see the usage of three runways and the noise values around the airport.
http://members.home.nl/w.hendriksvdberg/schiphol.gif

schiphol 4sho!

"But Singapore, a day trip is certainly possible. "

I dont think so. There are lots of things that we have that many have not explored before. Chinatown, Little India. Kampong Glam. Botanic Gardens. Zoo. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. MacRitche Reservoirs. Boat tours at singapore river. Sentosa. All these take one day meh? Hmm...now I know why singapore tourism is not good. We have not enough attractions right. Haha never mind, we still have casinos and universal studios coming up in 2009!
And btw trip from airport to the city for singapore is only 11 minutes and we can even see our skyline Wanch. :):):)

^ 11 mins?? wah you speeding ah?? :lol:

Usually take 20 mins by cab/car....:yes:

The shortest train ride from the airport to the city I've ever had was 6 minutes in Geneva, Switzerland. I wonder how many cities can beat that?

It depends what you define city, Singapore's curren't airport is like a bigger, more modern version of HK's old airport which is in the city, so would that make the time 0 mins?:D

Kai Tak wasn't near the CBD, but to get from Geneva International to the main city centre railway hub only takes 6 minutes.

Very underrated!!! I think MSP International is one of the best for a city its size in the USA.

I was in Hong Kong over New Year's and loved that airport. Beautiful cantilevered roof and open floor plan. Plus they have a Popeye's Chicken!!!

Been to Changhi, Schipol & Narita a few times too. Changhi is very efficient and clean. I like the cactus garden too.

I haven't been to many airports.

Baltimore-Washington / Shanghai / HK (Kai Tak & Chep Lap Kok) / Seoul / Toronto / Vancouver / Edmonton / San Francisco / Los Angeles / Orlando / Anchorage and probably a few others.

Best: HK
Worst: LAX

Norman Foster really built a gem.

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LAX isn't that bad! I've been to worst airports than that!

My ranking
1) Chek Lap Kok (HK)
2) Changi (Singapore)
3) Incheon

^ 11 mins?? wah you speeding ah?? :lol:

Usually take 20 mins by cab/car....:yes:
OOps sorry it is 11 km ...and i agree that our airport is in our city already, as Changi is also considered the city of singapore...so travelling time is 0 min unless u count going to the CBD.

I love INcheon Airport, it is very futuristic and modern yet simple, but really give me an airport feel to it. Hong Kong looks a bit like when you are in an office, but it is very nice too...singapore should still improve on its image...its getting old. There is going to be another control tower soon.

O'Hare

Best: Schiphol
Worst: Okecie (Warsaw)- it's too small!!
But I have seen only a few airports: Schiphol, Okecie, Dusseldorf, Baltimore, Raleigh-Durham, and... Reykiavik int. Airport :P

Incheon(seoul), Changi(singapore), Chek Lap Kok(HK)
are big 3 no doubtly...

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Madrid-Barajas is already 4th airport in number of passengers in Europe :happy: :colgate:

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Barajas, Changi, JFK.
Big and too close to city. Also they have metro.

#1: HK
#2: Singapore
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No one else comes close. :)

Paris Charles de Gaulle was pathetic - Chicago's is very nice and huge, but nothing compared to the top 2. Heathrow likewise - impressive but not impressive enough I'm afraid.

CDG Terminal 2 is OK. It's spacious. Terminal 1 was a disaster. Maybe I went through on a busy day, but there aren't enough check-in desks and there were crowds lined up everywhere. I didn't know which line was which and there was nobody there to help.

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Quite neat that the flickering board is still operational!

#1: HK
#2: Singapore
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No one else comes close. :)

Paris Charles de Gaulle was pathetic - Chicago's is very nice and huge, but nothing compared to the top 2. Heathrow likewise - impressive but not impressive enough I'm afraid.

Singapore's airport is more on it's efficiency, facilities and service. But their airport design isn't that impressive compared to HK or Incheon. That will change once the new terminal is completed.

Don't think Singapore takes the crown on efficiency - reckon HK's is better myself.

I guess we'll have to disagree on the airport design.

I love HK's overall design, but Singapore's homely feeling (almost like a shopping mall) gets my vote. Although not by much.

Don't think Singapore takes the crown on efficiency - reckon HK's is better myself.

I guess we'll have to disagree on the airport design.

I love HK's overall design, but Singapore's homely feeling (almost like a shopping mall) gets my vote. Although not by much.

There were some who say that shopping in the airport was better than shopping in Orchard Rd!

Lol. It's not a far cry from Orchard Road. ;)

To be fair the shopping at HK airport is out of this world too...

Too bad for HK airport, they can't even keep their toilets as clean as it should be. I can't even get myself close to the urinal properly because the thing is just spilled out everywhere all over the floor beneath. People who use the toilets don't keep it clean and the cleaners don't take good care of their duty, that's the result.
I know it may be pointless in what I'm talking but I do care for these little details, especially the hygiene and cleanliness.
Hoping that they take good care of it and don't let it be like those in mainland China.

Too bad for HK airport, they can't even keep their toilets as clean as it should be. I can't even get myself close to the urinal properly because the thing is just spilled out everywhere all over the floor beneath. People who use the toilets don't keep it clean and the cleaners don't take good care of their duty, that's the result.
I know it may be pointless in what I'm talking but I do care for these little details, especially the hygiene and cleanliness.
Hoping that they take good care of it and don't let it be like those in mainland China.

If you look at it, HK takes it's hygiene issues seriously especially after the SARS epidemic. But I don't find anything wrong with the toilets in the airport.

Too bad for HK airport, they can't even keep their toilets as clean as it should be. I can't even get myself close to the urinal properly because the thing is just spilled out everywhere all over the floor beneath. People who use the toilets don't keep it clean and the cleaners don't take good care of their duty, that's the result.
I know it may be pointless in what I'm talking but I do care for these little details, especially the hygiene and cleanliness.
Hoping that they take good care of it and don't let it be like those in mainland China.
I haven't had any problems with the toilets myself and I use the airport a lot. I see more cleaners at HKIA than the other major international airports but if there is a problem, make sure you let management know right away so they can fix it.

Agreed. Haven't had a problem myself but if you've ever had a bad experience let the management know - Hong Kong would like to be impeccable when it comes to these sorts of things. This is where Singapore cleans the floor with Hong Kong ... hygiene (pun FULLY intended. :p)

Agreed. Haven't had a problem myself but if you've ever had a bad experience let the management know - Hong Kong would like to be impeccable when it comes to these sorts of things. This is where Singapore cleans the floor with Hong Kong ... hygiene (pun FULLY intended. :p)

I've been to some really dirty airports or even airports where you have to pay just to use the toilet which to me is bull!

Definitely HKIA is the best. It has everything I like such as high roofs, different choices of shops, spacious boarding area, clean bathrooms, and picture-worthy architecture.
I guess Changi comes in second. It's old but well-maintaned and is still is one the world's best.

For 2nd place, it's either Changi or Incheon :)

never been to the new HK one... last time I was in HK the planes still manuvered between the apartment buildings, flew low passes over the passanger arrival terminal, and landed on the old airport.

so I'm gonna have to nominate Toronto Pearson Int'l.

But I'm sure the HK airport is godly.

HK has a very fine airport, I'm quite impressed with that. I have used this airport a few times, of course whenever I visit Hong Kong I must definitely go through it. I've been to HK already 5 times, in and out, so altogether is about 10 times. It's always been wonderful but except this last trip I noticed this unpleasant situation. That's the reason why i was a bit surprised and didn't expect such thing in this airport. All previous times I flew with Thai Airways and they put us at the far away gates, this time I flew with Cathay and the departure gate(2) is just so close to the duty free area where so many passengers using the toilet, so I guess that's the reason why.

never been to the new HK one... last time I was in HK the planes still manuvered between the apartment buildings, flew low passes over the passanger arrival terminal, and landed on the old airport.

so I'm gonna have to nominate Toronto Pearson Int'l.

But I'm sure the HK airport is godly.

Oh man you're missing alot! But I do miss the landing at Kai-Tak :)

Anyway, HK's new airport is a BIG difference from the old one. Better check it out for yourself :)

KL Int'l Airport Voted the Best in Aetra 2005 Survey

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 Asia Pulse - The KL International Airport (KLIA) was voted Best Airport in the 15-25 million passengers per annum category in the AETRA 2005 survey.

KLIA also bagged third place for both the Best Airport Worldwide and Best Airport in Asia/Pacific categories behind Incheon Airport, Korea, which was placed first and Singapore's Changi Airport and Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport, both of which shared the honour for second place.

The 2005 results announced recently eclipsed the AETRA 2004 results where KLIA emerged second in the Best Airport (15-25 million passengers per annum), said Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) (KLSE:5014) in a statement Tuesday.

The AETRA Airport Customer Satisfaction programme is jointly conducted by Airport Council International (ACI) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) to present annual awards to top performing airports around the world.

The benchmarking programme covers the entire airport experience of international and domestic travellers who rate participating airports on 28 service-related parameters.

The programme covers 66 airports worldwide, including some of the largest and most progressive such as London Heathrow, Amsterdam, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai.

Meanwhile, MAHB's managing director, Bashir Ahmad, who received the awards at the ACI Conference Gala Dinner in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Monday, said that the facilities in KLIA would continue to be enhanced.

Currently more than 45 airlines operate at the KLIA, which is the flagship airport of MAHB.

MAHB manages and operates 39 airports in Malaysia: five international, 16 domestic and 18 Short Take-Off and Landing Ports (STOL Ports).

(BERNAMA-OANA)

Congratulations to KL :D

Anyway, in the future, we will have a new rival which is Bangkok! But it's yet to prove until it's operational :)

So I take it Hong Kong loses it's crown then?

Or do we still have the Skytrax crown?

I'm confused by this report too - it says KL was voted the best, but then says Incheon took 1st place and Changi and HKIA took 2nd???

The AETRA awards are based on passenger volume. KLIA is in another volume band than HKIA (HKIA definitely has > 25 million pax/year).

But according to that, Incheon wins 1st prize.

So we've still lost our crown?

HK is still one of the best whether these guys give awards to other ones.

But according to that, Incheon wins 1st prize.

So we've still lost our crown?
AETRA is one of several major airport surveys released on a regular basis. Yes, HKIA is now 2nd behind Incheon in this study, but the top airports are quite consistent year over year.

1) Chek Lap Kok
2) Changi
3) Incheon

International service monitor ranks Incheon Int'l Airport No. 1 in departure clearance
9 March 2006
Korea.net news

Incheon International Airport has been ranked first in terms of departure clearance service and second in entry clearance service for passengers in the third quarter of 2005 among some 60 international airports of 44 countries.

The rankings were given by the AETRA Airport Service Monitoring Evaluation, according to the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday (March 8). AETRA is an airport customer satisfaction benchmarking program covering 66 airports worldwide.

IIA's immigration control service was ranked 16th in 2002, 23rd in 2003, and 7th in 2004 under the AETRA program.

Thanks largely to the top performance evaluation late last year, Incheon was chosen as the best airport for 2005 during the second International Airport Service Quality Conference and Exhibition, beating out Singapore's Changgi, Japan's Narita, and Hong Kong's Cheklapkok.

I never been to HK
But I've been to KL and SG

I Prefer KLIA than Changi btw

I never been to HK
But I've been to KL and SG

I Prefer KLIA than Changi btw

KLIA is more modern than Changi but I prefer Changi's efficiency and services.

Originally Posted by wanch
KLIA is more modern than Changi but I prefer Changi's efficiency and services.

Actually both are great airport n complement each others.

I was at Incheon last year and the departure and arrival clearance was not as efficient as Changi. I end up spending a lot more time waiting in queue than in Changi.

Hong Kong has issue with the arrival clearance.

To me, Changi is still the best. Has not been to KLIA for 2 years now but I understand it was Ok as well.

The one thing Changi has that other airports don't have is the availability of the same services for all departing and arriving passengers. This has managed to prevent the "rush to the immigration counter" traffic that we are seeing in the other airport.

At Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila, Narita (esp. terminal 2), Hong Kong, Pudong Shanghai, and Sydney, arriving passengers are always competing in a race to the immigration counter.

I was at Incheon last year and the departure and arrival clearance was not as efficient as Changi. I end up spending a lot more time waiting in queue than in Changi.

Hong Kong has issue with the arrival clearance.

To me, Changi is still the best. Has not been to KLIA for 2 years now but I understand it was Ok as well.

The one thing Changi has that other airports don't have is the availability of the same services for all departing and arriving passengers. This has managed to prevent the "rush to the immigration counter" traffic that we are seeing in the other airport.

At Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila, Narita (esp. terminal 2), Hong Kong, Pudong Shanghai, and Sydney, arriving passengers are always competing in a race to the immigration counter.

In HK, if you have a Permament Identity Card, you don't have to compete. In fact there's hardly anyone in that line :D

I was at Incheon last year and the departure and arrival clearance was not as efficient as Changi. I end up spending a lot more time waiting in queue than in Changi.
I also had a problem with the lineup at the international immigration counters at Incheon. All the Korean nationals had cleared while the foreigners were still stuck in the long line. In the end, they had to send foreigners through the Korean national counters to reduce the lineup.

I also had to endure long waits in Vancouver, Toronto, Bangkok, and Heathrow T4.

I also had a problem with the lineup at the international immigration counters at Incheon. All the Korean nationals had cleared while the foreigners were still stuck in the long line. In the end, they had to send foreigners through the Korean national counters to reduce the lineup.

I also had to endure long waits in Vancouver, Toronto, Bangkok, and Heathrow T4.

I endured that in Manila, Los Angeles and San Francisco!

I think this problem is common around the world. It takes much less time to clear local passports than a foreign one, especially since the immigration officer often stamps a foreign passport upon entry (and sometimes on exit as well).

I think this problem is common around the world. It takes much less time to clear local passports than a foreign one, especially since the immigration officer often stamps a foreign passport upon entry (and sometimes on exit as well).

There are some cases that even the time to clear local passports are in the same level as foreign ones like in Manila for example. Since alot of Filipinos overseas arrive at the airport each day.

There are some cases that even the time to clear local passports are in the same level as foreign ones like in Manila for example. Since alot of Filipinos overseas arrive at the airport each day.
It depends on the immigration control and risk level the government is willing to take. Some countries require citizens to carry passports upon re-entry. That will lengthen processing time. Other places are more lenient, such as using an ID card or other photo ID, so it takes less time. Domestic passengers have it easy and don't need to worry about buying and carrying a passport.

It depends on the immigration control and risk level the government is willing to take. Some countries require citizens to carry passports upon re-entry. That will lengthen processing time. Other places are more lenient, such as using an ID card or other photo ID, so it takes less time. Domestic passengers have it easy and don't need to worry about buying and carrying a passport.

It's the case in Manila since the country doesn't use ID cards or photo IDs upon immigration. They show passports.

KL & SHANGHAI

still HK

1 Incheon
2 Chek Rap Kok
3 Changi
4 Skipol
5 KLI

1 Incheon
2 Chek Rap Kok
3 Changi
4 Skipol
5 KLI

It is SCHIPHOL :)

For Malaysians at KLIA, we use the smart passport at the Autogates instead of going through the counters. Just slot in, the Autogates scans it and in we go. Any other airport that offers these facilities to its citizens?

Most of the best airports are either in Asia or Europe. How about in North America? What's the best airport there?

San Francisco, Denver, and Toronto all have recent new additions.

San Francisco, Denver, and Toronto all have recent new additions.

I'll be going to SF this June and hope to see the changes. Also I think JFK in NY is building a new terminal as well.

I'll be going to SF this June and hope to see the changes. Also I think JFK in NY is building a new terminal as well.
JetBlue is building a new terminal at JFK. Press Release : http://www.panynj.gov/pr/pressrelease.php3?id=777

What I've noticed is that European airports have longer runways than their American counterparts.

Why should be this?

Definitely HK!

Never been to Incheon, but their airport looks gorgeous!

I will have to say that HKIA is the best for me, although Copenhagen's airport struck me as a very nice airport too!

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^^ Shot by myself a month ago!

Seoul Incheon
A very stunning airport, especially the transportation centre - the best in the world from my travels :

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I agree that HK and Singapore have the best in the world, but for a country with a population as small as Canada's Toronto's airport handles more than 25 million people a year, which will surpass 50 million in the next 7 years. Its also a great looking airport! Some of the pics r under construction. (Final stages)

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THIS LAST ONE IS TERMIAL 3// THE REST WERE TERMINAL 1// TERMINAL 2 I DON'T LIKE:)

Pearson has one of the best designed terminals in North America.

Don't you people think a well-functional airport is better than a big-chaotic one?

Yea i agree and thats exactly wat Toronto's is like, not to mention the beautiful design...i dunno y everyone likes BIG HUGE AND CHAOTIC...

Toronto's Pearson expansion is one of the most poorly-planned and executed new facilities I've been through. First of all, landing charges skyrocketed to pay for it, making Pearson now the world's most expensive airprot to land. Second, international passengers had to be bused to the infield terminal from the new terminal building for their flights, making it extremely inconvenient for long-haul passengers with likely more baggage to use the airport. Thankfully the infield terminal fiasco is now over, but using Pearson hasn't been a very pleasant experience for me.

Well thats because it was going through a MAJOR reconstruction whihc is still not over, and considering they didn't do a bad job. With any new large project it will be little inconviniences here and there. Now the airport is very efficient and everytime i use it, i get to my destination on time. An with prices, obviously they will increase due to the 4 billion $ project which isn't complete yet. Prices vary everywhere, and it isn't the most expensive in the world, u just like to put your 2 cents in when no one gives a shit :weirdo:

I luv the design @ pearson anyway, and it's efficiency

is anyone online lmao im so boardddd

is anyone online lmao im so boardddd

This is a big forum, there's alot of places to explore here.

Anyway, as for airports,

1) Chek Lap Kok
2) Changi
3) Incheon

Well thats because it was going through a MAJOR reconstruction whihc is still not over, and considering they didn't do a bad job. With any new large project it will be little inconviniences here and there. Now the airport is very efficient and everytime i use it, i get to my destination on time. An with prices, obviously they will increase due to the 4 billion $ project which isn't complete yet. Prices vary everywhere, and it isn't the most expensive in the world, u just like to put your 2 cents in when no one gives a shit :weirdo:
Oh really? Plenty of other cities have built bigger airports from scratch and were able to incorporate more features yet not have to raise their landing charges through the roof and get a scathing report from the IATA, which represents a good 95% of the world's civil aviation traffic. I'm surprised Toronto was able to trump Kansai, which was a far bigger engineering project, and Incheon, which was a much bigger development.

Apparently building something on false expectations and questionable financial planning is not very efficient.

4 billion is peanuts for an airport development. How much do you know about the industry?

Hong Kong International airport
Amazingly modern architecture, efficient, easy access, convenient, spacious and clean, good service,, nicest and possibly the biggest airport shopping mall!!!!!!
Unlike airports like Heathrow, possibly the worst international airport in world.

Heathrow isn't too bad compared to the old terminal at Paris CDG - not enough check-in desks and space to line up. Stansted is my favourite airport in the London area.

Chep Lap Kok in H.K.
:yes:

1.JFK.
2.LAX.
3.The man made island airport in HK.
4.I also like Adelaide's new terminal. :)

Muinch and Chicago i think

Wow, all of these are wonderful airports and I can't decide which the best is... My computer even gets lagged because of the tons of photos :D

Munich Airport was just so futuristic. Wonderful. I quite liked South Korea's Incheon airport as well.

My worst airports: JFK and LAX. I mean, Heathrow and Gatwick are pretty bad but these airports are just too confusing.

I have to berate LAX as well, it's like the fifth in amount of passengers, yet it is SO TINY and the design was exceptional for the mid 1980's but it is too small now. I prefer to use John Wayne instead of LAX. I will however give kudos to Denver. Last year I got out and the luggage was already there when I arrived!!! I guess the baggage system snafus were repaired??

http://www.landrum-brown.com/assets/Downloadables/LAX.jpg
look how tiny it is!!!

http://www.landrum-brown.com/assets/Downloadables/DEN.jpg
HUGE!!!!!

^ What a nightmare to taxi to one of the further runways to take off!

For me personally my hometown airport is no. 1! It is cosy, clean, new and you can find there just a little remainings of comunist era. One can be easily oriented: 2 bays - 3 piers (2 for Non-Schenghen flights, 1 for Shenghen flights). Whole airport image is styled into czech national`s colours: blue (terminal 1) and red (terminal 2) both terminals are connected with "connecting building" so you dont need to get out of the terminal. Taxi services have been improved a lot...only yellow cabs (from 01\2007 all cabs in Prague which want to stand at taxi-parkings will have to wear yellow), drivers in suit with yellow tie, they attend english lessons and lessons of how should they take care of customers and also there are special hosstes to guide you to your car and to offer you an umbrella when necessary. And prices are fixed! I think you wouldnt expect this from "ex-comunist" airport.

http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost/uploads/a1517960d1.jpg (http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost)

http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost/uploads/bdb955c8a3.jpg (http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost)

http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost/uploads/e84205892b.jpg (http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost)

http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost/uploads/44810eb958.jpg (http://www.twistedcodes.com/imghost)

Some pictures of the BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ZAVENTEM) - BELGIUM

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/11280/brussels_airport.jpg


http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1272/brussels_airport.jpg


http://www.utecheurope.nl/images/brussels-airport.jpg


http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/8171/00bru.jpg


http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/11280/gate_a55.jpg


http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/240/bruxelles_airport.jpg


http://www.temareizen.be/UserFiles/Image/Pier_A.jpg


http://snapshots.elea.be/tmp/42/IMG_4352.jpg


http://img235.echo.cx/img235/2708/algarve224002ax7la.jpg

The New Bangkok Airport is best in my opinion :)

How about DFW

The New Bangkok Airport is best in my opinion :)

The facility is impressive, but it will take a year or two for it to filter through to the international airport rankings. There is usually a lag due to data collection and comparability.

Incheon!!!!

Ezeiza international airport is the largest in Buenos Aires and in Argentina

1)http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9500/01jpg2re.jpg

2)http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/4189/01bjpg9ki.jpg

3)http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/8600/02jpg4ex.jpg

4)http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6126/046mz.jpg

5)http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3884/00314no.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

6)http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2834/ezeinteriornoche15yl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is Jorge Newbery International airport and it is located inside the city of Buenos Aires (it s the second largest airport in the city)

1)http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2332/07437172pq.jpg

2)http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6578/0278381un2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3)http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3209/0648583lb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

6)http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/3307/aeroparquepreembarque25ie.jpg

7)http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/8194/aeroparquerampa29ra.jpg

8)http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/189/aeroparquerampanoche0oi.jpg

9)http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/6126/aeroparquerampa39up.jpg


This is Cordoba International Airport

1) http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050646.jpg

4)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050610.jpg

5)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050603.jpg


6)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050645.jpg

7)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050633.jpg

8)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050629.jpg

9)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050625.jpg

10)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050621.jpg

11)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050608.jpg


12)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Halo_23/cornueva/coregm07050616.jpg

Incheon International Airport in South Korea and Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport in France are my favorites! :)

no contest.

classic LAX
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/janus020/lax2.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/janus020/lax.jpg

Got to be Liverpool John Lennon Airport, above us only sky

the NEW ninoy aquino international airport - MANILA, PHILIPPINES

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/Naia3.jpg



DEPARTURE HALL
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/NAIA3_DeptHall.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/auen00/SSC2/naia3-08.jpg

The third, much larger terminal, NAIA-3,The modern US$640 million, 189,000 square meter facility was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) to have a capacity of 13 million passengers per year.

A 4-level shopping mall connects the terminal and parking buildings. The parking building has a capacity of 2,000 cars while the outdoor parking area has a capacity of 1,200 cars. The terminal is capable of servicing 33,000 passengers daily at peak or 6,000 passengers per hour.

The terminal is currently slated to open at the earliest in mid-2007, when it will take over all of the operations of Terminal 1 and the Manila Domestic Passenger Terminal. It has 28 airbridges, 20 contact and 8 non-contact, and can service 28 aircraft all at once.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/auen00/SSC2/naia3-00facade.jpg




underconstruction NAIA EXPRESSWAY - SKYWAY INTERCHANGE pics.
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NAIA terminal 1
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/FACADE-AIRSIDE2.jpg

The terminal was completed in 1981 and had a size of 67,000 square meters with a design capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year.


DEPARTURE HALL
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NAIA terminal 2: "Centennial Terminal"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/NAIA2_Interior.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/Hall_of_NAIA_2.jpg


The second terminal, NAIA-2, located at the Old MIA Road and was finished in 1998 and began operations in 1999. It has a capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year in its international wing and 5 million in its domestic wing, which later will expand to nine million passengers yearly. Terminal 2 is the home of Philippine Airlines and is used for both its domestic and international flights.

This terminal is used by Philippine Airlines and its sister company Air Philippines It is divided into 2 wings the North Wing which handles international flights and the South Wing which handles domestic flights. It currently has 12 airbridges.

The need for two more terminals was proposed by a Master Plan Review of the Ninoy Aquino International Airpot that was undertaken in 1989 by Aéroports de Paris (ADP), which was facilitated through a grant from the French Government. The review cost 2.9 million French francs and was submitted to the Philippine Government for evaluation in 1990.[1]

NAIA Terminal 3 is already 3 years old and it's still not operational. The terminal looks nice but NO WAY it can compete with Chep Lap Kok or Incheon

Which is better KLIA or HKIA ?

HKIA every time.

Which is better KLIA or HKIA ?

Chek Lap Kok >>>>> KLIA

I've used KLIA before. The design is quite good and the use of wood in the departures hall ceiling is quite unique. However, I found it to be a bit on the dark side since there aren't too many skylights.

I've used KLIA before. The design is quite good and the use of wood in the departures hall ceiling is quite unique. However, I found it to be a bit on the dark side since there aren't too many skylights.

Yes KLIA is a nice airport but it lacks the size of Chek Lap Kok.

yes HKIA huge interm of size n capacity.. but i still prefer KLIA interm of interior/architecture design :)

yes HKIA huge interm of size n capacity.. but i still prefer KLIA interm of interior/architecture design :)

Yes the KLIA has an impressive design especially it's elements.

I think the reason why Chek Lap Kok is larger is because HK is a major air hub in Asia and the airport does get alot of traffic.

Yes KLIA is a nice airport but it lacks the size of Chek Lap Kok.
Size has little to do with how good an airport is. Although some rankings are based on passenger load, a good airport can be small, and a large airport can be bad. If I can clear immigration, get my bags, and get to the city quickly, then it's a good airport. How many passengers it handles a year is irrelevant.

Milan Malpensa Airport

Terminal 1

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/Malpensa2016.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/aeroporto_malpensa.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/satellote.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/03B.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/malpensa6725_img.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/torremxp.jpg

Rome Fiumicino Airport

Terminal C (A people mover links satellite to terminal C)

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/Fiumicinosatellite.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/fcosatellite.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/SATELLITE_1999_AGO21.jpg

Terminal B

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/molob.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/parkingsstation.jpg

Terminal A is the most recent one,but I can't find images about it.

The terminal looks ok

Wasn't there a lot of controversy with sending international flights to Malpensa from the Linate airport?

Milan Linate airport (5 km from Milan)was/is used only for european and domestic flights while Malpensa (40 km) mainly for intercontinental flights,there is also a third airport,Orio al Serio (40 km),which is mainly used for low cost flights but also by Alitalia for European and domestic destinations
When new Malpensa terminal 1 (the old terminal was named terminal2 now used mainly for charter and low cost services)opened in 1998,Alitalia choosed it as its main hub and a lot of european carriers were forced to transfer part of their services to the new Malpensa Terminal.
However Alitalia decided to maintain several intercontinental services both from Rome and Milan,such as Newark,New York JFK,Toronto,Boston,Caracas,Buenos Aires,Tokyo and the remainder only from Milan.
Today only British Airways,Iberia,Air France,Lufthansa,KLM,SAS,Austrian,Olympic,Easyjet,TAP operate from both Malpensa and Linate together with Alitalia and the other italian domestic companies.

Best Airports of 2006

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9066/untitledee8.jpg (http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards-2006/AirportYear-2006.htm)

2005
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4826/top109br.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ good for KLIA ;)
hopefully it could be top 5 in 2007.

So Singapore gets the title again. Congratulations. I agree that SG has one of the best airports in the world but I still prefer HK's. Though the new terminal being built in Changi is impressive :)

Chek Lap Kok >>>>> KLIA


I will fly to Hong Kong tomorrow and let`s see...

I have been to hundreds of airports worldwide but still nothing can beat Kuala Lumpur International Airport ! Impressive design, great and cheap food and service, excellent access to the city by KLIA Ekspres, the friendliest airport staff on the planet... and the list goes on..

The only rival for Kuala Lumpur is Seoul Incheon Airport. Beautiful design, smooth departing procedure, etc.

^^ New Bangkok international airport architecture/design can match also.

I will fly to Hong Kong tomorrow and let`s see...

I have been to hundreds of airports worldwide but still nothing can beat Kuala Lumpur International Airport ! Impressive design, great and cheap food and service, excellent access to the city by KLIA Ekspres, the friendliest airport staff on the planet... and the list goes on..

The only rival for Kuala Lumpur is Seoul Incheon Airport. Beautiful design, smooth departing procedure, etc.

We all have our opinions. Though I've been to KL airport several times since I often fly to Malaysia to visit some of my relatives.

But HK offers the same thing.

Design? Yes it's well designed. Sir Norman Foster designed this airport

Food and Service? Yes they have some variety both outside and inside the the terminals. I don't have a problem with the service at all.

Access? The Airport Express will take you to Central less than 30 mins. Other than that, there are also buses that take you from the airport to the city.

LAX

I'm quite interested in seeing the new Bangkok airport. Too bad I had to go through the old one during my August visit.

been to Changi, Sydney, Narita, and few european airports,i find KLIA surpassed others in terms of design, architecture. i like the rainforest idea in the middle of the satellite building. so serene... cant wait to see the fully developed KLIA. Go Go :banana:

KLIA

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/nazrey/353.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/34/94934608_aa525330e0_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/53/118013704_7f71745888_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/55/118013831_0ead5b0450_b.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d163/picaddict_1975/Klia/DSC00453-small-small.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d163/picaddict_1975/Klia/DSC00454-small.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d163/picaddict_1975/Klia/DSC00450-small.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d163/picaddict_1975/Klia/DSC00540-small.jpg

KLIA aero train terminal

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/808/39626025177ac.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/8127/5242550uw.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/2173/573266ey.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/2493/4756593jh.jpg

My favourite airports in Asia are HKG and SIN. Mainland China has many very nice airports too (especially CAN - Baiyun), and I'm excited to visit the new BKK airport as well.

The best in the world though, without a doubt, is Copenhagen Intl. It's just ridiculously well designed and run.
http://static.flickr.com/23/26745255_1412bb5be6_b.jpg

1) HK
2) BKK
3) Incheon

There is a lot of talk about architecture, but what about facilities? Aren't those the most relevant things to the traveler?

There is a lot of talk about architecture, but what about facilities? Aren't those the most relevant things to the traveler?

One thing, Changi has alot of them, even a swimming pool.

HKIA on the other hand isn't that boring at all especially waiting for your flight. At least they have internet counters where you can go online and check out SSC :D

One thing, Changi has alot of them, even a swimming pool.

HKIA on the other hand isn't that boring at all especially waiting for your flight. At least they have internet counters where you can go online and check out SSC :D

Free internet access is a common theme across many Asian airports, but is very lacking in Europe and North America. I had to visit my gold club lounge in the US to get internet, and not all of them have computer terminals either. I was a little surprised BA's executive lounge in San Francisco only had computer connections but no computers. The Admirals Club lounge at JFK is far better. They even have printers, but holding a business class ticket alone is not enough to even enter that lounge.

Free internet access is a common theme across many Asian airports, but is very lacking in Europe and North America. I had to visit my gold club lounge in the US to get internet, and not all of them have computer terminals either. I was a little surprised BA's executive lounge in San Francisco only had computer connections but no computers. The Admirals Club lounge at JFK is far better. They even have printers, but holding a business class ticket alone is not enough to even enter that lounge.

I have never been to these areas. And the only terminal I've been to in JFK is the Jet Blue terminal.

On the other hand on my flight from LA to HK, there were internet access in LAX but you have to pay $$

For airports with more than 10 million users per year

1st place Singapore Changi -- Perfect !
2nd HKIA--if there are swimming pools like SIN its definitely 1st place
3rd Incheon -- very futuristic !
4th KLIA --very unique !
5th Munich --great design. A great introduction to Germany !
6th Kansai -- good lighting and colour
7th Narita -- the most efficient airport !
8th Kobenhavn --simple and inspiring !
9th Guangzhou -- very artistic !
10th Nagoya Centrair -- very clean and modern !

Skytrax also has categorical rankings based on specific areas such as shopping, security, staff friendliness, and cleanliness :

http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards-2006/Regional.htm

i love klia.. especially its bahasa melayu signpost,.. one thing that i can't forget... TANDAS.. hehehehe..

in terms of overall quality, asian airports rule.

A lot of Asian cities have new airports, so from an appearance point of view, they look great and sleek. Hence, they have a clear advantage over older airports in Europe and North America.

To be fair service in most major Asian cities tends to be better than it's European and American counterparts too.

Terminal One (all international flights excluding Philippine Airlines and Air Philippines)
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9719/facadeairside2jk7.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5167/facadeairside3av9.jpg

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/9931/informationdepvz4.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9743/naiat1deptlobby2md3.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9905/naiat1arr5fl3.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1222/depcicaj0.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2347/banksgz9.jpg


Terminal Two (all Philippine Airlines and Air Philippines flights)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/651/naia2facadelw5.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3503/t2nitelo6.jpg

http://203.160.187.194/miaa/PHOTOGALLERY/images/T2/DEP-PRE_BOARDING.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/348/storedelifranceqz9.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1162/t2arialshotih5.jpg

Photos courtesy of the Manila International Airport Authority



TERMINAL 3 ---opens on march2007
http://k47.pbase.com/u37/absentminded/large/24062879.NAIAT3copy.jpg


(c/o pinoyforumers)

naia's 1st terminal isn't really good but the 2nd terminal is great..

Cape Town international is also super !

Terminal One (all international flights excluding Philippine Airlines and Air Philippines)
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9719/facadeairside2jk7.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5167/facadeairside3av9.jpg

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/9931/informationdepvz4.jpg



manila international airport I as world's best? i had a layover there 2 summer's ago and it was HORRIBLE! the toilet wasn't flushed and there was no toilet paper in the restroom. this thread is about world's best and i really dnt think that it is one of the best.


the 2nd airport looks modern and clean though.

Pedang, do you have pics of Malaysia`s Kuching and Alor Setar airports ?? Because both of them have great futuristic designs that rival KLIA !

World Airport Survey
http://www.worldairportsurvey.com/
Voice your opinions on the 2007 Skytrax world airport rankings here!

manila international airport I as world's best? i had a layover there 2 summer's ago and it was HORRIBLE! the toilet wasn't flushed and there was no toilet paper in the restroom. this thread is about world's best and i really dnt think that it is one of the best.


the 2nd airport looks modern and clean though.

NAIA T-1 is my least favorite airport. Especially the waiting area which is a reminds me of airports in less developed countries.

T-2 is modern but it lacks size. Also it's only for PAL flights.

I have no comment on T-3 but I like the interior of the check in counter.

Based on this website http://www.azworldairports.com/ the Manila International Airport has Passenger Throughput of 15,428,522 as of 2004

Manila Domestic Terminal
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5145/domesticas5.jpg

Terminal 1 Capacity is 4 Million
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/544/international1ez7.jpg

Terminal 2 Capacity is 9 Million
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2585/international2lo9.jpg

Terminal 3 Capacity is 13 Million
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5789/international3ex5.jpg

NAIA Terminals
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9058/manilainternationalairpvq0.jpg:) :) :)

my world favorite airport is miami county

MANILA airport TERMINALS

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/189243507_df23c5a5d8.jpg



NAIA terminal 2 "centennial terminal"
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/212561246_f30eb2cd06.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/98736786_63083b47a7.jpg
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http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/212562138_33cd878b6a.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/ULTRADOME/242273513_0cee422b80.jpg

Hong Kong and Singapore have the greatest airports.

I love HKIA because of the space and comfort . Arrival and departures are segregated into different floors , restaurants , shops and toilets spotless, very nice airport staff, and superb location next to the sea , overlooking beautiful mountains of Lantau. This is a model airport !

Singapore C is old, but the uniqueness is inspiring. Movie theatres, swimming pools, fantastic lounges .. gr8 airport !

Some ppl say that Singapore or HKIA are over-hyped. But being there for several times, I have to say both are the only super-airports of this world !

HKIA and Changi often appear at the top of airport surveys, so they may seem over-rated in that sense since it's always these two up there.

But they are there for a reason...

Changi may not be as modern as HKIA but they have some nice shopping areas and provide alot of activities for passengers.

Changi is awesome. Since we fly out of and into Hong Kong, we don't really get to 'experience' HKIA all that much, but I usually tend to have stopovers in Singapore, so I've experienced Changi a lot.

The best I've ever been? Seoul Incheon: huge, clean (even more than one can imagine), practical, clean, simple to access, clean, many duty free stores and restaurants, clean, showers and rest areas, clean, beautiful, and ... clean.
The worst my be London Stansted, it is just a warehouse, a big cold box. London Heathrow and Paris CDG may be the dirtiest place on earth.

It's strange that nobody said Berlin Tempelhof, Nazi architecture at its finest.

(On the pictures it looks rather horrid, but wait till you get to see it in reality...)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/FlughafenBerlinTempelhof1984.jpg
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http://www.luftschiffreise.de/bilder/zf-anflug-tempelhof-large.jpg
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"The mother of all airports." - Lord Norman Foster himself!

^^ bizaare!! is that for real? :eek:

VENICE MARCO POLO AIRPORT

Second Best Southern European Airport 2006

www.worldairportawards.com (http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards-2006/ResultsFull.htm)

http://www.veniceairport.it/media/gallerie_immagini/GALL_97_BIG_IMG.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9903/venezia2oo8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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ACI airport survey : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=451149

^^ bizaare!! is that for real? :eek:

Yup that's real! And it's gonna close sometime soon.

Yup that's real! And it's gonna close sometime soon.

Berlin's Tempelhof airport may be too historic to die
The nazis built the airport to last for centuries.
Its magnificent terminal still is the third-largest building in europe
Washington Post
7 January 2007

On sunny afternoons in the German capital, heads swivel skyward as a throwback DC-3 airplane rumbles overhead on its way to Tempelhof airport, just as it did six decades ago during the military operation that kept half of a divided and broken city alive at the start of the Cold War.

These days, the restored Candy Bomber - one of the Allied aircraft beloved by West Berlin's children for dropping bags of chocolate and raisins from the skies, as well as delivering hundreds of thousands of tons of life's essentials - carries only tourists seeking to relive the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. But its timeworn flight path may be nearing an end.

Tempelhof airport, designed for Adolf Hitler as the largest building in Europe and later converted by the Americans and British into the nerve centre of the Airlift, is closing after more than 70 years. Politicians, judges and airline officials are squabbling over the date, but for now the last passenger is scheduled to depart in October 2008.

Berlin lawmakers have been pushing for years to shutter Tempelhof. The reunified city no longer needs all of its three airports remaining from the Cold War, they say. Critics also raise issues of noise and safety for the apartment houses that press close to Tempelhof's twin runways.

Plans are in motion to consolidate air traffic and create a major international hub at Schoenefeld airport, on the city's eastern edge. It may not be so easy, however, to close Tempelhof in the name of progress. Its history, and size, may loom too large.

The giant air terminal is still the third-biggest building in Europe in terms of floor space, behind only the Aalsmeer Flower Auction in the Netherlands and the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania.

When Nazi architects drew plans for Tempelhof in the 1930s, they wanted it to last for centuries. Its broad facades of limestone, with rigid angles and spare detail, convey notions of fascist glory. Columns stand 20 metres high; steel-reinforced bunkers extend three storeys underground.

Tempelhof is also protected by preservation laws, which means that it can't simply be demolished or turned into a shopping mall. Some developers and advocates say officials have no real choice other than to allow Tempelhof to continue operating as an airport in some fashion. Otherwise it could become a sprawling, boarded-up blight in the city centre.

"This isn't something that is being decided rationally," said Frank Hellberg, a pilot whose firm operates the old DC-3 Candy Bomber that flies tourists over Berlin from Tempelhof and is the only Airlift plane still in service in Europe.

The Berlin Airlift began on June 24, 1948, after the Soviet Union cut off electricity and all access to the Allies' enclave in West Berlin in an attempt to gain control over the entire city. In response, the Allies organized the greatest humanitarian air relief mission in history, delivering more than 2.3 million tons of food, coal and supplies over the next 15 months, the equivalent of a ton for each resident.

At the height of the Airlift, Candy Bombers and other planes were landing at Tempelhof every 90 seconds. The Soviets called off the blockade on May 12, 1949.

Today, only a half-dozen commercial airlines operate from Tempelhof. It recorded about 600,000 passengers in 2006 - roughly one-tenth the traffic of Berlin's other airports. The perpetually uncrowded departure hall has the feel of a long-forgotten bus terminal.

But many business interests see big economic potential in Tempelhof and are lobbying to keep it open permanently, arguing that it could serve as a hub for business jets and commuter flights without damaging new international airport. Unlike most big-city airports, Tempelhof is easily accessible, only five kilometres from the city centre.

Gabi Dolff-Bonekaemper, a professor of urban planning and historic preservation, described the airport as one of the few Nazi-era architectural landmarks that was still embraced by many Germans.

"All Berliners love Tempelhof - old Berliners, young Berliners," she said. "Tempelhof has never been considered by Berliners as heavy or weighty, or as something that is historically undesirable. Its Nazi history has been overcome by its Airlift history."

for me i like hong kong, kuala lumpur and incheon airport. huge, futuristic, modern etc... i dont see changi as the best, in terms of services, recreations or efficiency, yes! but building structure or design wise is a big NO. asian's airport are simply the best in the world.
well just my thought.

my world favorite airport is miami county

you must be kidding me!! you sure haven't gotten around much have you?:ohno:

What the hell with Berlin's?? Why is the platform so FULL of people!?

What the hell with Berlin's?? Why is the platform so FULL of people!?

Berlin get a new airport in 2011.
Today berlin has 3 Aiirports, Tegel, Tempelhof and Schoenefeld.

http://www.berlin-airport.de/DE/BBI/index.html

das the homepage about the new airport.
Right on the top yo could change the language.

They begin whit the new airport last year and will be finished in 2011

Here some Fotos

http://www.bmvbs.de/Bild/original_970816/Computergrafik-des-zukuenftigen-Flughafens-BBI.jpg

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/2projects/bbi/bbi06max.jpg

http://www.airliners.de/airports/bbi/img/bbi2c.jpg

I love the not yet built DMIA in Clark, which is supposed to be larger than HK's and Bangkok's new terminal.

My favorite so far is Incheon.

I really hope that in Schönefeld, they will study a more comfortable solution for those who arrive from the S-Bahn station and go to the terminal...beacuse doing the long path with bags and luggages, especially in the not-so-light german winter is terrible! (I've already experienced :D)

I really hope that in Schönefeld, they will study a more comfortable solution for those who arrive from the S-Bahn station and go to the terminal...beacuse doing the long path with bags and luggages, especially in the not-so-light german winter is terrible! (I've already experienced :D)I thought I saw a shuttle bus between the S-Bahn and the terminal when I landed there last year.

it would be bether in 2011, the station will be down th terminal and you only have to take a lift. It would be one of the modernst airports in the world. :)

For me Atlanta Hartsfield

Hope that THE GOVERNMENT will open the NAIA termial 3..... all the money used into it will be wasted if the government will not open the terminal....

dubai's, then koh samui thaliand, then paris cdg, then suvaranbhumi bankok (the new 1)

My personal ranking: ( for airports above 10 million pax. a year ):

1) Singapore -- the best of the best-- a perfect airport-- internet connections everywhere, cheap and nice food, tremendous facility etc. 9.78 /10

2) Nagoya -- obviously Japan's best airport, better than KIX :banana: 6.32/10

3) Hong Kong Int'l -- previously my2nd fav. but then replaced by Nagoya after my visit there. 6.29/10

4) Incheon-- stunning architecture, world-class service. 6.25/10
5) Munich-- modish, truly European, courteous staff 6.20/10

I think singapore is great but not perfect...................
No doubt HKG should be up there plus the CX lounge, is a WOW!!!
KUL is great for flying out or in, but not for transit, the place can get really bored.
ICN is stunning, the new train connect to Gimpo and Seoul are perfect!!!
LAX is the worst no doubt there....haha

No doubt, YVR is the best airport in the best city in the best country in the world! :)

I think singapore is great but not perfect...................
No doubt HKG should be up there plus the CX lounge, is a WOW!!!
KUL is great for flying out or in, but not for transit, the place can get really bored.
ICN is stunning, the new train connect to Gimpo and Seoul are perfect!!!
LAX is the worst no doubt there....haha
Yes, I notice on the maps there is now a train service between Incheon and Gimpo, connecting to the subway. I saw the train on the way into Seoul from the airport and was wondering what that was. Hopefully, the airport line can be extended into central Seoul in the future. Gimpo is still a long ride on the subway into the city.

HKIA Named Best International Airport and
Asia-Pacific's Most Efficient Airport
Hong Kong Airport Authority Press Release

(HONG KONG, 8 July 2007) - Hong Kong International Airport's reputation for outstanding efficiency and service has been recognised with the Air Transport Research Society's 2007 Asia-Pacific Airport Efficiency Excellence Award and the Best International Airport Prize in the 2007 TravelWeekly (Asia) Industry Awards.

Stanley Hui, Chief Executive Officer of Airport Authority Hong Kong, said, "These awards, which were presented by both academics and our peers in the travel industry, are a testament to the hard work and dedication of the 60,000 people who comprise the airport community. Every day, we and our business partners at HKIA deliver an efficient, friendly and customer-focused experience for our passengers and business partners."

HKIA won the Air Transport Research Society award after receiving the top score in a field of 30 major Asian airports. Conducted by international aviation experts, the Global Airport Benchmarking Project measured productivity and efficiency, costs and competitiveness, financial results and airport charges.

HKIA was nominated for the Best International Airport award by a panel of travel industry experts. The final award was determined in a polling process that saw readers of TravelWeekly magazine cast more than 160,000 individual votes.

"By combining modern, efficient facilities with an airport-wide focus on customer service, we will continue to lead our industry and deliver the greatest possible benefit to passengers using our airport and the people of Hong Kong," added Mr Hui.

For more information, please visit:
The Air Transport Research Society: www.atrsworld.org
TravelWeekly: www.travelweeklyweb.com

My under construction Airport is hehe;)
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8003/construction5ic0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-07-15
and terminal 2 will look great if the shape is like this, what i outlined it to be:)
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Shot at 2007-07-15

HKG by 筷子 from HKADB :

http://www.hkadb.com/forum/files/dsc_0009_225.jpg

HKIA, T2 was great! The place was uncrowded, but the food court was full of people!

Paris Charles de Gaulle

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http://www.david-guerrero.com/galerias/charlesdegaulle/slides/cdg-10.jpg

I love the not yet built DMIA in Clark, which is supposed to be larger than HK's and Bangkok's new terminal.

My favorite so far is Incheon.

Pics please?

Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport!!!

I really dig those modern ones especially from Asia and Europe.

dubai's, then koh samui thaliand, then paris cdg, then suvaranbhumi bankok (the new 1)


how is the koh samui airport?
cannot imagine how it is.

Europe as a whole has a huge mix of very bad and very good airports. Even London's 2 key global hubs are fairly bad to use. Paris CDG is quite unbelievably bad if you are not using the newer terminal. The Germans have done a good job with their international hubs though.

Hong Kong International Airport has been named best airport in the world, in the worldwide passenger survey results released today by Skytrax.

http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards_2007/Airport2007.htm

Wa-hey, bout time we reclaimed what was ours. Was only on loan at Singapore for a year :D

Note that the top 3 is either HKIA, Changi or Incheon. Its been like this for years.

KLIA up :)

Wa-hey, bout time we reclaimed what was ours. Was only on loan at Singapore for a year :D

Changi is impressive as well. Their new terminal is very modern. One thing Changi has that HK doesn't is a swimming pool.

Dhaka Zia International Airport, Bangladesh

Zia International Airport is the largest airport in Bangladesh. It started operation in 1981, and was named after Bangladesh's former president, Ziaur Rahman. It is the hub of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

Nearly 52% of the country's international and domestic arrivals and departures occur through Zia Airport, while country's second largest international airport at Chittagong handles about 17% of the passengers. About 3.8 million international and 0.8 million domestic passengers and 105,000 tons of freight and mail annually pass through Zia International Airport.

Zia Airport has terminal buildings, hangars, technical areas, a freight village (warehouse), and other modern equipment for handling aircraft. It connects almost all the major cities of the world with Bangladesh
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/Bangladesh/dhakaairport4.jpg
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For me its the best airport in the world :)