Airport guides
Know the airport before you land
Which terminals are joined behind security, how long a transfer really takes, and the honest range for getting into town. The details that decide whether a connection works.
United States
- JFKNew YorkJohn F. Kennedy InternationalSeparate terminals, no airside link, and a connection that needs real time
- LAXLos AngelesLos Angeles InternationalA horseshoe of nine terminals and the traffic to match
- ORDChicagoO'Hare InternationalThree connected terminals, one that isn't, and a train that runs all night
- MIAMiamiMiami InternationalOne long concourse, and no rail to the beach
- SFOSan FranciscoSan Francisco InternationalA ring of four terminals with BART running from the middle of it
- DFWDallasDallas/Fort Worth InternationalEnormous, but the airside train makes it one of the easier big-hub connections
Europe
- LHRLondonHeathrowFour terminals, two of them a train ride from the others
- CDGParisCharles de GaulleThree terminals, one of them lettered in a way nobody finds intuitive
- MADMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–BarajasTwo clusters of terminals far enough apart to need a shuttle bus
- BCNBarcelonaJosep Tarradellas Barcelona–El PratTwo terminals, a free shuttle between them, and several good ways into town
- FCORomeLeonardo da Vinci–FiumicinoA fast train to Termini, and a cheaper one most visitors never find
- ISTIstanbulIstanbul AirportOne enormous terminal, and a different airport across the city with a similar name
Asia and the Middle East
- HNDTokyoHanedaFar closer to central Tokyo than the alternative, and worth choosing for that alone
- SINSingaporeChangiThe rare airport where a long layover is an asset
- DXBDubaiDubai InternationalOne of the world's busiest transfer hubs, and the walks prove it
- DELDelhiIndira Gandhi InternationalThree terminals with no airside link between the two busiest
Elsewhere
Why we wrote these the way we did
Terminals are described by how they connect rather than by which airline uses them, because leases change and last year's terminal map is worse than none. Transit times are ranges instead of best cases, because a road journey has no timetable. And there are no fares on these pages: anything we quote you has to come from a live search on your own dates.
If a connection looks tight or an itinerary pairs two terminals that are not joined behind security, that is worth a conversation before you book rather than after.
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