I've been to most of the major airports in the Continental US and several in Asia and Europe. My favorite airport in the world, by a mile, is Hong Kong International. Crazy efficient, lots of stuff to do and places to eat for long layovers, clean, and modern.
In the States, the best major airport to get onto your plane quickly is undoubtedly Reagan National. The best airport for long layovers is Denver.
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Denver? I hate our airport.
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Reagan National. Yes. Each terminal having its own security checkpoint helps too. I've never needed more than 20 minutes to get from the departure dock to the gate.
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[quote]The best airport for long layovers is Denver.[/quote] SFO isn't bad as long as your layover is during the day (at night it sucks). But SFO does have some decent food there, especially the United terminal.
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Just flew into and then out of SFO a couple of months ago. It was my final destination, though, not a layover, so I did not get to test it out.
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In the United Terminal (also can be walked to from the AA terminal) near security is a place called [url=http://www.yankeepier.com/sfoairport/index.html]Yankee Pier[/url]. If you have an AM departure, get there early and enjoy their Eggs Benedict topped with Dungeness Crab. You'll thank me later.
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Funny, because I was going to include how much I hate SFO. That's mostly because I'm over in the Southwest terminal when I fly through there. I'll check it out next time i'm there
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SFO (and LAX for that matter) both suck for the fact that it is impossible to get from terminal to terminal without leaving the sterile area of one terminal and having to go back through security in another. That is a TERRIBLE pain in the ass and is enough to have me think twice before passing through or stopping/starting my trips at either airport. But SFO does have a saving grace of some decent food if you are there for a while.