London’s Heathrow: The Worst Airport in the World?

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  10.21.09 | 2:02 PM ET

Poor Heathrow. It’s taken the title in a passenger poll for the second year in a row. Charles de Gaulle, LAX, Frankfurt and Miami rounded out the bottom five.


Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


7 Comments for London’s Heathrow: The Worst Airport in the World?

Zach 10.21.09 | 6:46 PM ET

“Poor Heathrow?” Poor Heathrow travelers!

marilyn terrell 10.21.09 | 11:53 PM ET

I would suggest reading Brian Sack’s classic slam of Charles de Gaulle on the website Banterist:
http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000376.html

JJ 10.22.09 | 10:59 AM ET

But it’s actually first in the ranking of airports with the highest number of corridors.

Angela K. Nickerson 10.22.09 | 6:19 PM ET

I was just in Heathrow and LAX yesterday.  I’d say LAX is FAR worse—at least as compared to Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

Boon 10.23.09 | 5:15 AM ET

Whilst Terminals 1-3 might be complete hell, the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow is actually really nice. The building was modern, there was lots of space, virtually no queues at all, and going through immigration and security checks were a breeze. My only gripe is that the Club World check-in desks for British Airways are all on one side of the terminal, which makes it a long trek!

Heathrow Airport Parking 10.26.09 | 1:46 PM ET

Apparently Heathrow isn’t that great of an airport to catch some sleep in either. Some funny stuff here: http://www.sleepinginairports.net/europe/londonheathrow.htm

Weldon 10.27.09 | 5:43 PM ET

Heathrow may be the worst airport in the world for people using business lounges, but for the rest of us that have rather different concerns I think there are many worse airports, some of them even serve London:
http://questingforadventure.com/?p=953

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