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.
Edinburgh is a banger. Great support for families, spacious, and generally chill - decent transport links too.
The departures lounge is starting to sprawl with retail now though, but can’t have everything I suppose.
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 designHonorable 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
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.
I hate Atlanta way more than Dulles. Dulles and Orlando I’ve been through enough to almost be able to navigate blindfolded, so maybe that’s why I rate both higher than they deserve, but Atlanta… Christ I hate that place. And the airport is shit, too.
Doha and Bengaluru
Kansas City International Airport is now up there as one of the best! In my local opinion.
Now with gender neutral bathrooms. Which were surprisingly very nice. For an airport, it made sense.
Denver has quite a nice one. Or did last time I was through there, which to be fair was like 2002.
