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Airports in the US are definitely getting better — charging stations abound these days. That’s   charging stations   though. With   wall outlets  — boy howdy, they could do more. They’re (slowly! oh   so   slowly!) adding power strips to the seating, but it is still ridiculously common to see people sitting in the corridors next to the outlets, or huddled next to that random pillar that has four (!!!) outlets on it. And yeah, it’s pretty much the same with the airport lounges too…

The Best Airports in the World! (and "surprise", none in the USA)

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So yeah, heres Skytrax's list of the Best Airports in the World (for 2014 at least) 1 Singapore Changi Airport 2 Incheon International Airport 3 Munich Airport 4 Hong Kong International Airport 5 Amsterdam Schiphol Airport 6 Tokyo International Airport Haneda 7 Beijing Capital International Airport 8 Zurich Airport 9 Vancouver International Airport 10 London Heathrow Airport I don't really disagree with this, though I do  have a soft-spot in my heart for the current Berlin-Tegel - it may be small, but it is  remarkably trivial to get from any gate to any other gate :-) And yeah, the No. 9  up there is in Vancouver , which is a city in Canada , which is not  the 51st state (you knew that, right?)

Airport Busy-ness - Visualized

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The Guardian has a pretty nifty take on how busy Airports are .  It turns out that the numbers change based on whether you are looking at Aircrafts, Cargo, or People. Check it out (and who knew that Charlotte moves more people than Beijing?)

RomComs and Airports

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WuMo (once WulffMorgenthaler) nail it with this . Mind you, whats almost as bad is when they're messing w/ the TSA...