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I'm a simple man, so I'll say Las Vegas airport because I can vape, drink, and gamble inside the terminal while waiting for our plane.

I like the Colorado Springs airport. Small lines and chill vibes.

Cologne, because it's my home airport and it is nice and small and cozy. The wait for checked baggage is ridiculously long though.

Frankfurt International (FRA). As long as it’s not terminal 2 for American Airlines.

Never had long queues there. Always the cheapest flights. Solid choice of restaurant.

Just wish the signs for the monorail were more prominent and less confusing

Hollywood Burbank Airport

Its the only airport I've ever flown in or out of that lets you board an deplane from both the front and back doors on a 737.

Baggage claim is actually outdoors! You get your bag and are standing about 30 feet from the arrivals pickup road.

Its a fun small airport with a prime location.

My old home airport, Berlin-Tegel, was wonderful. Only 50m from the entrance to the plane. Now they closed and I have to use that abomination in Schönefeld.

Otherwise, Singapore-Changi deserves all the praise. Tons of food, monorails to everywhere (except that one cheap terminal), gigantic shopping mall, orchids, immigration without being interviewed by some stupid agent, check-in for Singapore Airlines even possible at the wrong terminal.

In my limited experience I cannot stress enough how much I prefer small regional airports.

Walk in, bags checked and through security in 5 minutes, walk a short distance through an area that's not crowded and not full of shops, and be seated near the gate with a coffee a few minutes later. After a short wait, because you don't need to get there an hour or more early, walk across a bit of open tarmac to a plane that's not bursting at the seams, then take off after hardly any taxiing. So good.

Doha and Bengaluru

I'm not the most travelled person ever but I've always had good experiences at Edinburgh airport. Staffs been lovely and the security has good (relatively) smoothly.

My favorite ones are:

Singapore - Beautiful, plenty to do and explore, and great lounges in general.
Istanbul - The Turkish Airlines lounge is among the best I've ever visited. A bit crowded though.
Amsterdam - Lots to do, efficient design, and fun to explore.
Copenhagen - Very efficient design

Honorable mention: Aberdeen. Small, simple, and with a nice pub. Could've used a better eatery, though.

Portland, OR is easy and has some nice carpet

Tampa International Airport

I give thanks every time we land at home. Our airport is really awesome. Good layout, beautiful, long security line usually but otherwise so good.

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For celeb-spotting and transit links: London City Airport. It's nice being able to check your bags and fuck off into Stratford for a few hours. It's super expensive though.

For a chill experience: London Southend Airport. Not in London, but loads of seating, decent views across the tarmac, and loooaaads of room.

For getting lost: Washington Dulles. Christ that place was designed by Stevie Wonder in a house fire. The sheer number of destinations is wonderous though fair play, a great place to feel like a tiny cog in a huge machine.

Kansas City International Airport is now up there as one of the best! In my local opinion.

Denver has quite a nice one. Or did last time I was through there, which to be fair was like 2002.

Denver on a slow day, which is rare, and only for the weird airport lore, gargoyles and also Blucifer, the demon mustang with big ole blue balls and a huge asshole. The trams are really good, but everything else kinda sucks.