The Ugliest Airports?

JetBlue's T5.

Yesterday, I was interested to read an article from Travel + Leisure that profiled the world's ugliest airports, and, unfortunately a few American airports made the list - New York's JFK, Washington-Dulles, Atlanta, and El Paso. And the magazine is spot-on when it comes to one of the major reasons for this : "the American airports we love to hate all share roughly the same problem: they were built in the 1950s or ‘60s and have been endlessly expanded and renovated to keep up with ever-increasing passenger loads."

That being said, I think it's fair to say that the publication paints in very broad strokes, calling JFK "resolutely hellish," while only making a passing mention of JetBue's new Terminal 5, which has received rave reviews. Nor does it mention which terminals actually present the most problems for travelers (i.e. Delta's terminal). And while the article mentions some coming renovations for some airports, it completely glosses over the new international terminal under construction in Atlanta, instead noting the only positive as, "Somewhere in concourse B there’s a Nestlé’s Cookie Cart."

But while I don't necessarily agree with Travel + Leisure, the article is an interesting read nontheless. Which airports do you think are the ugliest?

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