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
Every other airport we cover
Each of these has its own page carrying the federal delay and refund rules, the rebooking commitments its carriers have put in writing, and the airport's measured on-time record. Percentages are the share of departures leaving more than fifteen minutes late, from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
- AMSAmsterdamSchiphol
- ATLAtlanta, GA22.4% of departures late
- AUSAustin, TX25.3% of departures late
- BWIBaltimore, MD23.3% of departures late
- BKKBangkokSuvarnabhumi
- BOGBogotáEl Dorado International
- BOSBoston, MA21.3% of departures late
- CLTCharlotte, NC22.5% of departures late
- MDWChicago, IL25.9% of departures late
- DALDallas, TX35.0% of departures late
- DENDenver, CO25.1% of departures late
- DTWDetroit, MI19.7% of departures late
- DUBDublinDublin Airport
- FLLFort Lauderdale, FL23.5% of departures late
- FRAFrankfurtFrankfurt Airport
- GDLGuadalajaraMiguel Hidalgo y Costilla
- GUAGuatemala CityLa Aurora International
- HNLHonolulu, HI17.1% of departures late
- IAHHouston21.8% of departures late
- HOUHouston, TX28.1% of departures late
- MCIKansas City, MO20.7% of departures late
- LASLas Vegas, NV25.9% of departures late
- BJXLeónDel Bajío International
- LIMLimaJorge Chávez International
- LISLisbonHumberto Delgado
- SJDLos CabosLos Cabos International
- MDEMedellínJosé María Córdova
- MIDMéridaManuel Crescencio Rejón
- MEXMexico CityBenito Juárez International
- MSPMinneapolis, MN17.8% of departures late
- MTYMonterreyGeneral Mariano Escobedo
- BNANashville, TN30.3% of departures late
- MSYNew Orleans, LA26.5% of departures late
- LGANew York, NY26.9% of departures late
- EWRNewark, NJ15.2% of departures late
- MCOOrlando, FL21.2% of departures late
- PTYPanama CityTocumen International
- PHLPhiladelphia, PA19.5% of departures late
- PHXPhoenix, AZ24.2% of departures late
- PDXPortland, OR16.6% of departures late
- PVRPuerto VallartaLic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
- PUJPunta CanaPunta Cana International
- RDURaleigh/Durham, NC18.2% of departures late
- SMFSacramento, CA18.2% of departures late
- SLCSalt Lake City, UT16.6% of departures late
- SATSan Antonio, TX19.0% of departures late
- SANSan Diego, CA22.9% of departures late
- SJUSan Juan, PR15.2% of departures late
- SALSan SalvadorEl Salvador International
- SDQSanto DomingoLas Américas International
- SEASeattle, WA18.5% of departures late
- STLSt. Louis, MO22.3% of departures late
- TPATampa, FL22.7% of departures late
- TIJTijuanaGeneral Abelardo L. Rodríguez
- IADWashington, VA16.0% of departures late
- DCAWashington, VA24.8% of departures late
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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