Worst Airport to Taxi Around?

[Simon Says]

NEWARK

You would think an airport of that size can afford to buy blue taxi lights instead of the sticks. Anybody know what is up with that?

 

[TurboS7]

Any airport when the FO gets lost and the airplane is bouncing and the taxi chart is a blurr and the taxi markings are covered up with snow. Don't you just love getting old........

 

[BlueCanoe]

LGA is great. 4 taxiways.

BNA and MYNN. I need to activate the 4-wheel drive. Taxiways are so freakin' rough, no matter what speed, it's moderate chop.

And, BNA controllers still seem to think it's a hub airport.

 

[skylane58]

I going to vote for DEN. Its not a hard airport as far as the layout, however, if you land runway 7 and need to go the GA ramp or the cargo ramp, you have to taxi for seven days and talk to seven controllers.

The only thing that is hard about ANC is the seventeen 747's on final and you cant understand one of them. Then try to get across the runway for an intersection departure off 6L.

 

[Freightdog75]

ORD is horrible! One of the things that you boys sittin' up a little higher never really think about is that YOU DO sit up higher!! For example: Taxiway/Runway markings that are labled on the ground are really hard to see when you're flying a mighty 400 series Cessna.

MDW is pretty bad the first few times going into there(at night). Looks like someone played tic-tac-toe.

FD75

 

[captxxx]

Bad Taxi Airports

Bad Taxi Airports(CAN I GET A WORD INakaSHORTEN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS or SAY AGAIN) ORD, LGA, EWR(Depends on your gate), LAX (especially transiting north to south or viceverse),VNY(VanNuys,CA), and BOS(peak time)

 

[captxxx]

Bad Taxi Airports

ADD YYZ(especially w/DEICE)agree on DTW

 

[druglord]

LGA
when you-know-who is running the show...after 3 years or however long she's been there you'd think there'd be some sorta idea of working the system, but it can be 2 am on a Tuesday morning and she'll still get you head to head with traffic

 

[FSB99]

i'm a little surprised at how many people mentioned yyz (toronto). i never seemed to have a problem there, but then again, haven't been there in a while. and as said above, it is all you're used to.. first few times in iah, i just said 'roger' and looked at my captain, hoping to god he caught it all! ord is perceived to be scarier than it is in reality.. just keep moving, and don't hit anyone!

i'd have to say, my most hated airport to taxi around in is STL... and that's not because of the taxiway layout or lack of signage or lights, or anything like that.. it's just one runway incursion waiting to happen after the other... with the big humps in the runways, when you're going uphill, and peak the top, i am just hoping to god, everybody heard the 'hold short's.

 

[dondk]

Another for YYZ... what a cluster!

DTW.. do it a few times and it is easy, unless it is Saturday and they are using the freq's that are not published anywhere. Beware for when they use the 9-27's for something other than a taxiway...