worst airports

[Dragonbravo]

PHL, beyond a doubt.

 

[meanstreak]

I agree, PHL. Worst controllers on the East Coast.

 

[Floyd94]

worst ATO

Austin Tx, worst freakin clearance guy I've ever delt with, what a miserable pr#ck....

 

[Floyd94]

Any airport in New Jersey. I can name a few specific spots but why waste the space.

Are you kidding me? Those (EWR) are some of the best controllers I've had the pleasure of dealing with... and I'm from the south...

 

[LR25]

I agree, PHL. Worst controllers on the East Coast.

I love it, you land on 35, you turn off early(Dash 8) you call ground, and they make you taxi all the way to the north just to come back to where you exited the runway to go to the gate, all the while there might be one ot two other airplanes on that side of the airport.

"But sir, we are looking right at our gate".

It must be becuase we had props.

 

[tcoll777]

PHL is fine if you are a resident. As far as NJ goes, MJX is beautiful. Good sized strip and nice FBO.

 

[Smoking Man]

PHL!

 

[wickedpilot]

Rust Airstrip K3RU in GA.

Can we say...aeropuerto para las drogas, just an opinion.

 

[dsee8driver]

PHL sucks the big one...... On a beautifull Philly morning (fog 1/2 vis) we were number 19 behind all of USair's fleet it seemed. Finally we were number 2. As we made our way to the hold short line , before reaching it, controller said, "Air Transport Jet 50something going southbound is saturated and is closed for departures heading south, come around the pack and we'll get you out when it opens." Instead of blocking we went and turned the corner out of the way. We had not finished the turn and controller says, "ATI the jet airway just opened by the way, your new sequence is the USair airbus ahead." Great ........ back to number 19, again. Pricks!


But the number one scary, crappiest, slickiest airport I've been to has to be Guatemala City, Guatemala. Especially the approach that comes over the airport staying within 5 nm due to granite cumulus on 3 quadrants.

 

[LR25]

Guatemala City, awsome at night, with the lava coming down the volcanos and all.

San Jose is cool too, just dont get so close to the Costa Rican Caribou sitting out by the frieght ramp. Long story.

 

[IAHERJ]

Ask any of the COEX guys about Saltillo Mexico. A DME ARC with multiple stepdown fixes to join a steep VOR approach with turns and big drops over high terrain and a complex missed approach to boot. Of all the Mexican destinations in the COEX system (15), It is probably the worst. My next few pics down there would be chihuaha, Aguascalientias, and Torreon. One thing all the Mexican airports have in common with the exception of MEX and MTY is one runway with a teacup at the end and little to no taxiways and maybe an unused ILS to one end however you always get cleared for a full VOR approach with an arc is seems. Even Ixtapa and Mazatlan (resort cities on the Pacific side) look like postage stamps with no taxiways.

I miss the cold beer and 33 hour layovers but it look like my new airline wants to fly to Mexico from random cities in the Northeast and MIdwest so who knows.

IAHERJ

 

[crash-proof]

But the number one scary, crappiest, slickiest airport I've been to has to be Guatemala City, Guatemala. Especially the approach that comes over the airport staying within 5 nm due to granite cumulus on 3 quadrants.

Yeah, did anyone ever see the TACA (i think) 767 that skidded off the runway at guatemala? It was recorded by one of the pax onboard, can find it on www.airdisaster.com

Approach:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/090335/M/

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Provo, Utah. Doesn't have a tower, but one is long overdue.

No kidding, Provo is a mid-air waiting to happen; they do have a tower being built though.

Rock Springs, WY (Cock Springs) - I spent a lifetime there one summer....

Nothing but wind, rocks & sagebrush is that area.


I personally wasn't impressed with the tower in Reno, I won't get into it.

 

[rfeathe1]

Shiprock, AZ--There is NOTHING there, no buildings, water, fuel, toilets, phones, people or food. The indians have shot all the runway lights out so it is a day VFR operation.