Anyone else just like experience of being at the airport? Even without traveling.
>>2846039No
>>2846039I did when you could wait at the gate as a non-flyer; once they took it away I just pick-up or drop off at the curb and don't bother going in
>>2846039Not really. Food isn't healthy and refreshing. I'm sticky and clammy in need of a shower.>without travellingit feels like in breathing dentist office air.Something feels off.
>>2846039I do. Its because its always associated with me going on a super cool trip somewhere. So everytime im at an airport something really amazing is about to happen or has just happened. I feel the same way about gas stations outside of towns kinda. I associate them with road trips so it feels nice being at a new one far from a town.
>>2846096I get it.
I always check out the lounges.
>>2846039No, the endless waiting, overpriced foods and often rude staff spoil it for me. I think i paid around 20 bucks for a single beer once in the Newark airport its bizarre
Only if I am going to be in a lounge, if not I will be depressed and hate every minute of it
I like public spaces, a big airport is like a city but everyone is goal-oriented, trying to get where they’re going.I book hostels last minute, and in Oslo the cheapest was $100, but no problem, I took the train to the airport and slept on the floor, no one bothered me. I didnt have a flight booked but while I was there all night I got a cheap one to Portugal.
>>2846039I like places like airports, sea ports, gas stations (especially the really huge ones), that sort of thing, because they are transitional places that people go to to go somewhere else.
If airports stopped being retarded and had capsule hotels in them then the experience would be much better
>>2846325Wuhan was based for this>6 hour wait between flights>unlimited lounge access>land >leave airside >lounge access grants me 2 hours capsule sleep>cross back airside>chill in lounge Shame that China seems to nerfed alcohol in all airports now. Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, Sanya.... All seem boozeless.
>>2846039Yeah I get it OP. Airports have a buzz about them, there's so many moving parts that come together so that people can get on a plane and go on vacations. It's not something you do every day.But if youre coming back from vacation, then you have to have a nice airport. SIN and ICN are great to get airside early and explore. However airports like LHR and CDG are so grim it makes you want to find another destination. Even HND is fkn shit.lol @ picrel
>>2846417How is Haneda and Incheon?
>>2846460from a personal side i love haneda. more than narita. easy to navigate and good shops. JAL and ANA lounges are nice too
>>2846417>Paris CDG in the top 10What? Fucking how?
>>2846039Yeah, I don't like flying but airports are pretty cool places. Partially because of the excitement of going somewhere itself but also because it is fascinating to see how the infrastructure in these gigantic places work. With the bigger ones it's almost like a city of its own with emergency services, maintenance, etc. And also that it is a little (touristic) window into the country you're in, even if you're just transferring between flights.>>2846198>a big airport is like a city but everyone is goal-oriented, trying to get where they’re going.True and they can be stressful places, but once you have to wait because of a long layover or delay my experience is that fellow travelers at airports can be quite open and easily approachable. You're in it together and there's nothing better to do so might as well talk :)
>>2846039I used to when I was a kid, then I experienced the hassle, long lines and security violating my privacy as an adult and grew to detest them
>>2846548you don't like the refugee camp they set up airside, where '''''volunteers'''' hand out free gibs?
>>2846565landside*
I don't know why, but airports give me this weird sense of tranquility, even though it really shouldn't. Yes, there are crying babies, pajeets yapping loudly on the phone, old people who still don't know about the 100ml liquid limits, and a mixed array of thirdies who don't know how to use a moving walkway, but even with these issues, I feel a weird sense of comfort.If there is a destination that just feels like one giant airport, I'd like to check it out for a few days.
>>2846567An airport would make for a good theme park.>take off coaster>drop ride for control tower>crazy taxi coaster outside arrivals>security is one big spookdooky dark ride inside an x-ray machine>a literal baggage carousel
>>2846417>Hong KongYou're fucking joking right
>>2846039>26 hour layover in Singapore Changi Airport at the end of covid, not allowed through customsAbsolute heaven, paid for lounge access and a shower half way, went watched a movie, if i had swimmers could have gone to the pool, so much shit to do and then just buy some tallboys from 7/11 and go drink in the tropical gardens when you want to relaxAlso proper sleep lounges that you have the mercilessly hawk over for one to get vacant. Otherwise right up the end of some terminals you can usually find some quiet spaces to sleep.
>>2846671yeah mate, nothing beats SIN airport. I heard now they have some butterfly rainforest and big waterfalls.
>>2846039Yeah I like it. Everyone coming and going, everyone has a purpose. Nobody loitering aimlessly.The airport has to be nice and airy though. Claustrophobic hellscapes that look like nuclear bunkers like IAD are actual torture.>t. Worked at airports for 10 years
>>2846565I just don't like the airport. It feels like someone build 5 shitty US flyover regional airports and a temporary shelter you could use as a terminal in a cluster and declared it a international airport.
>>2846041FPBPAirports are so fucking homogenous. Same old bullshit routine every time. Only difference is how many times you get raped by security in the process, or how far you have to walk to find a drinking water dispenser after the raping is complete. >>2846093How are you sticky and clammy after flying? The freakin humidity on planes is like 16%. My eyes get so bloodshot from the dry air after a long flight, it looks like I took a shot of THC moonshine.
>>2846753at this point i always bring eyedrops. the biggest game changer was bringing 1l of water on. and even that didnt feel like enough. the first time i flew JAL i thought i was going to die of dehydration from thr tiny water bottles they give you like twice per flight. and thats on premium econ
>>2846753I would describe it as humid and stale air. Similar to a concert venue
>>2846567I get the same feeling. You're removed from normal time and space with no responsibilities except making your flight and you can just relax and be at peace.
>go to european airport>no fucking electric plugs anywhere>the few places that do have them are all busted>find some random place for a wall outlet>try to use it>some rajeet ahmed abuladurka SIRS NO USE WALL SIRSWhat the fuck is wrong with you europe? I won't praise US airports much but at least finding a place to charge my devices or normal wall outlet isn't a chore.
>>2846913>he doesn't have lounge access
>>2846039Before 9/11 my nearest airport used to have a foodcourt landside and the rear wall was solid windows looking over a load of gates and the runway so you could watch planes taxi-ing and taking off. My dad used to take me and my grandad down there to get lunch and plane watch. 9/11 happened and they closed it and banned non-travellers from using the airport.Up until he died my dad still loved watching youtube streamers covering LAX (he discovered streamers during a particularly bad storm here where a streamer became famous overnight capturing insane sideways landings and rollercoaster go-arounds).
>>2846913charge your shit before you leave home, parasite
>>2846913energy aint free
>>2846039>enter airport>pass TSA>stop>put on headphones>play "Remind Me" by Röyksopphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H02iwWCrXewYeah... its go time
>>2846548It's only certain terminal transfers that are awful, mainly when to transfer to/from USA so the english online opinions you see are rather biasedOtherwise it's nowhere near as bad and has also improved recently.Way better than FRA or LHR imo
>>2846039Depends on the airport and how long I'm there for. I like wandering around some larger ones, but it gets boring after a while.
>>2846039>>>/n/Airside is comfierExpensive AF.It's better as a traveler. Being around them looking planes may be cool depending on the airport. But they're not really the best place to being around for too long.
>>2846417Charles De Gaulle? You've got to be kidding me.The top two make this look legit but CDG is one of the worst airports I've ever been to worldwide, has something changed in the last ten years? Changi is easily the best, surprised no one has done better or just straight up copied it.
