AirportCheatSheet

Toughest airports for a long layover

Scored 1–5 on layover comfort, toughest (lowest) first. Know before you book that long connection.

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1🎰 Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)2 / 5
2🌴 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)2 / 5
3🇦🇺 Sydney Airport (SYD)2 / 5
4🇪🇸 Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)3 / 5
5🇩🇪 Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)3 / 5
6🦞 Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)3 / 5
7🇮🇳 Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)3 / 5
8🍀 Dublin Airport (DUB)3 / 5
9🗽 Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)3 / 5
10🇮🇹 Rome Fiumicino Airport (Leonardo da Vinci) (FCO)3 / 5
11🤠 George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)3 / 5
12🗽 John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)3 / 5
13🛫 LaGuardia Airport (LGA)3 / 5
14🇬🇧 Gatwick Airport (LGW)3 / 5
15🇬🇧 London Heathrow Airport (LHR)3 / 5
16🇪🇸 Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)3 / 5
17🇬🇧 Manchester Airport (MAN)3 / 5
18🎢 Orlando International Airport (MCO)3 / 5
19🇦🇺 Melbourne Airport (MEL)3 / 5
20🇲🇽 Mexico City International Airport (Benito Juárez) (MEX)3 / 5
21🌴 Miami International Airport (MIA)3 / 5
22🌆 Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)3 / 5
23🇫🇷 Paris Orly Airport (ORY)3 / 5
24🍑 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)4 / 5
25🇹🇭 Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)4 / 5
26🇮🇳 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)4 / 5
27🇫🇷 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)4 / 5
28🐝 Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)4 / 5
29🏔️ Denver International Airport (DEN)4 / 5
30🤠 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)4 / 5
31🇩🇪 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)4 / 5
32🇭🇰 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)4 / 5
33🗼 Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND)4 / 5
34🇹🇷 Istanbul Airport (IST)4 / 5
35🇯🇵 Kansai International Airport (KIX)4 / 5
36🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)4 / 5
37❄️ Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP)4 / 5
38🇯🇵 Narita International Airport (NRT)4 / 5
39🔔 Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)4 / 5
40🌵 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)4 / 5
41🏔️ Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)4 / 5
42🌉 San Francisco International Airport (SFO)4 / 5
43🇹🇼 Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)4 / 5
44🇦🇹 Vienna International Airport (VIE)4 / 5
45🍁 Vancouver International Airport (YVR)4 / 5
46🍁 Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)4 / 5
47🇨🇭 Zurich Airport (ZRH)4 / 5
48🌷 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)5 / 5
49🇶🇦 Hamad International Airport (DOH)5 / 5
50🕌 Dubai International Airport (DXB)5 / 5
51🇰🇷 Incheon International Airport (ICN)5 / 5
52🥨 Munich Airport (MUC)5 / 5
53🦁 Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)5 / 5

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