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Title: Tulsa International Post by: swake on July 07, 2007, 06:32:23 am US News and World report has ranked the 53 largest regional airports for on time performance and overall traveler aggravation and Tulsa was the 4th best regional airport in the nation.
Other area airports, OKC was 17th, Wichita was 13th, Omaha 35th, and Little Rock 6th. Title: Tulsa International Post by: TheArtist on July 07, 2007, 09:04:54 am Well thats good news. Course its hard to get aggrivated in such a quiet, slow paced environment.
Title: Tulsa International Post by: Wilbur on July 07, 2007, 03:00:14 pm quote: Hard to be late with three flights a day.[;)] Title: Tulsa International Post by: DM on July 07, 2007, 06:48:13 pm Oh come on, TIA is a nice airport and I think they have done a great job keeping it up. I have been in cities larger then Tulsa that have really bad airports. Visually and time wise.
Title: Tulsa International Post by: Steve on July 07, 2007, 06:58:23 pm quote: I second that. Tulsa's airport is a joy compared to most airports in larger metro areas, and deserves any positive recognition it can get. Title: Tulsa International Post by: sgrizzle on July 07, 2007, 07:54:24 pm I agree. Kansas City is far from the largest airport but it is by far one of the worst. I have gone through teh columbus ohio airport several times which is not much larger than ours but incredibly difficult to navigate and thier baggage screening equipment is just in the middle of the floor by the ticket gates because they have no place to put it.
Title: Tulsa International Post by: Johnboy976 on July 07, 2007, 10:02:09 pm Besides, some airports have you feeling like you are in a shopping mall full of jerks (that means you, Atlanta).
Title: Tulsa International Post by: Renaissance on July 08, 2007, 10:21:52 am Time performance and aggravation? We shouldnt just be happy with that stupid honor. Just like we voted in our zoo(online) for best family zoo. How dorky can we get. Lose the aquarium to Jenks and now we shut down our only amusement park??? Build the BOK arena on horrible grounds. Over spent on BOK because we always have to have the best. We could have spent less on the arena and created a real attraction for tourism.
Title: Tulsa International Post by: swake on July 08, 2007, 10:35:33 am quote: Just another damn whiner. It's over a hundred flights, and this ranking is of large REGIONAL airports, so they are all about the same size. Title: Tulsa International Post by: mr.jaynes on July 08, 2007, 12:52:12 pm quote: Whenever I fly into Tulsa to visit, I see that it does show some signs of progress, but just barely. Last time I was there in 2006, I saw a couple of eateries and I think a store that sold some sundries, but not enough to make me scratch my head in indecision wonedering where I'm gonna go eat or shop. Being traveled as I am, I've found that some of the other airports that fit this bill are Houston's Bush Intercontinental and St. Louis' Lambert Field; there are more that give me those options, but I happen to like these airports, so I'll just list those for now. Title: Tulsa International Post by: swake on July 08, 2007, 01:08:52 pm quote: The terminal has actually just completed a rebuilt with more stores and restaurants, it's much better than it used to be. Title: Tulsa International Post by: marc on July 08, 2007, 02:08:46 pm quote: I totally agree. It seems like every time Tulsa has a positive showing on any kind of rating or ranking list, some people try to spin it into a negative. Title: Tulsa International Post by: mr.jaynes on July 08, 2007, 03:29:21 pm quote: Maybe I'm spoiled after all this traveling, but if it has a huge food court and some restaurants and a huge gaggle of shops, it's all good. Title: Tulsa International Post by: swake on July 08, 2007, 04:55:07 pm quote: My favorite airport is Denver, and least is DFW. Title: Tulsa International Post by: mr.jaynes on July 08, 2007, 05:05:48 pm quote: For me, it's a hard choice for my favorites, but it does depend on, what kind of mood permeates the place, what kind of food is available, is there a bar, and is there a smoking area? Any majority of these, and it's a good airport. There are two airports, both in Louisiana, that I've been through in the past 17 years, that I wasn't too partial to, specifically Lafayette and Baton Rouge. Lafayette had less amenities than Tulsa in terms of eateries, the bar wasn't open when I came in, no smoking area that I could see, and the staff there had a KGB mentality. Baton Rouge was more laid back in mood and had a few good eateries, but no smoking area, and the baggage claim lost my luggage. Title: Tulsa International Post by: TURobY on July 08, 2007, 10:07:28 pm quote: Has anyone ever gotten out of Denver on time? Everytime I or anyone I know tries to fly through there, it's always a 1-2 hour delay. Title: Tulsa International Post by: mr.jaynes on July 09, 2007, 01:26:40 am quote: Strangely enough, I never had cause or need to go to Denver. Title: Tulsa International Post by: sgrizzle on July 09, 2007, 06:54:19 am quote: I did in the new denver airport. Also made it from my gate (at the farthest concourse) to the rental counter with my bags (from baggage claim) in under 10 minutes. Title: Tulsa International Post by: cannon_fodder on July 09, 2007, 08:32:28 am TIA servers its purpose very well. It is not a busy passenger nor freight hub and probably never will be. That's one of the reasons that the aero space industry likes it... big airport, not too busy.
Title: Tulsa International Post by: tulsa1603 on July 09, 2007, 09:02:43 am Whoever said they like Saint Louis must be on crack. That is the worst airport I ever have to go through. Not hard to connect, but it is rundown, dated, and dirty.
I think Tulsa's airport is quite nice, as do many of my friends from larger cities that come through. The redo was done in a tasteful way that respects the midcentury modern architecture. Though I don't see what the benefit has been to moving security to the middle. They never seem to have more than three checkpoints open when I go through, so the lines are as long as they used to be. If I'm going to be stuck in an airport for any length of time, give me DFW's D terminal. Plenty of restaurants, shopping, etc., though I hate having to connect there. Title: Tulsa International Post by: buckeye on July 09, 2007, 03:07:13 pm As a casual traveler, I want as little crap (stores, eateries, etc.) in an airport as possible. They charge hilariously high prices and tend to cause coagulated foot traffic...useless to me! Frequent fliers must enjoy the 'amenities' during their between-flight times, I imagine.
TIA has always impressed me with its peaceful atmosphere, more than adequately polite staff (security especially) and sensible layout. Give me TIA over...well, every other place I've flown in or out of except Northwest Arkansas. Of course, XNA is tiny! I haven't seen TIA since the remodel. Beforehand, the decor was pretty dated, but honestly, what difference does that make? Is it in good repair? Is it serviceable? Title: Tulsa International Post by: cannon_fodder on July 09, 2007, 03:16:55 pm The new layout both streamlines the security AND makes it more impressive. There is a floor to ceiling glass wall just beyond security that looks out on the tarmac. A little more sprucing up (which is ongoing) and it will be perfect for my purposes.
My only complain, you can not get as close to the gates to see people off. Security I suppose. Title: Tulsa International Post by: mr.jaynes on July 09, 2007, 05:42:48 pm quote: I'm not on crack. I know what I want from an airport, and St. Louis gives it to me. Their screeners and counter personnel can be real holes, but I get through it OK. |