PITTSBURGH AIRPORT review : 13 October 2008 : by Sri Narayan

Customer Rating : 4/5

This airport is well organized. All arrivals and departures come to one common terminal. This has a lot of advantages in terms of dropping / picking up passengers. ANd it is very easy for anyone to find their way in this airport. Plenty of restrooms all over. Food court / shopping is very decent and neatly organized. And help-desks for visitors in airside and landside! You have to take a train between airside and landside. This adds a few minutes to your travel.

Pittsburgh International Airport by Vineet Bapat

18 March 2006   Customer Rating : n/a

Agree with all the positive comments - only in transit at Pittsburgh International recently, and found it to be a very pleasnt experience, due in large part to the variety of shops and restaurants. An uncrowded, spacious lay-out adds to the comfort level. Also agree with a previous comment regarding the downside of this airport being the near monopoly of US Airways; a greater presence by competing carriers would be a real plus!

Pittsburgh International Airport by Jim Bowen

21 March 2005

When I compare the Pittsburgh Airport to my most frequented airports, (Denver, Chicago O'Hare, Washington Dulles, Orlando (MCO), LAX) Pittsburgh wins hands down. The airport itself has good signage to get you on and off Route 60. The terminal is also easy to navigate, although the security procedures are more intense than any other major airport that I've seen. Show your boarding pass and ID when you get in the security line. Show your boarding pass and ID before passing through the metal detector. Show your boarding pass and ID AGAIN before leaving the security area and getting on the train to the gates. Once off the train and up the escalators, there is ample shopping and many places to eat. The gates branch off of this main area like spokes on a wheel. There is an added bonus for computer users: FREE wireless internet access is available in the food court area. Get a bite to eat, check your email, catch up on the latest news. Other airports have wireless available but they use clients like T-Mobile or AT&T who charge $9.99 for a couple of hours use. I was able to pick up a mid to low wireless signal while sitting at my gate. Surfing the web made the time go by a lot faster. The major city airports like O'Hare, Dulles and LAX could learn a lot from Pittsburgh Intl.

Pittsburgh Airport by Stephen Mallinger

15 July 2004

I recently was in Pittsburgh and enjoyed the variety of shops but since the airlines have stopped providing meals on many flights there are now long lines at the food stalls. Prices are not outrageous. What was very annoying is the security procedures - the security set up was stricter in Pgh than at Dulles in DC. After check in you have to literally carry your bags over to another area, a complicated and clumsy method. I had to wait in line almost 30 minutes to get through to the gates passed 4 different security checkpoints.

Pittsburgh Airport by Z Flint

18 July 2003

Pittsburgh Intl. is a great airport, especially to spend long lay-overs in. A plethora of of shops and restaurants, and it is easy to see when and where you are going, and the place you are going to. The "local flights" terminal area is nice, with a central area with a few good shops, for the people stocking up on reading material for the last stretch home. I'd suggest Pittsburgh Intl. to any traveler.

Pittsburgh Airport by Mathieu Ahlstrom

21 November 2002

Pittsburgh International set the standard several years ago for airport pricing by stipulating that all retailers charge no more than the prevailing market price within a set radius of the airport. This, combined with an easy-to-navigate 4 spoke gate system and pleasant surroundings makes it a very comfortable and enjoyable departure and transfer point. Up until recently when Detroit unveiled its new facility, Pittsburgh was by far my favorite airport in the US - busy enough to be lively, spacious enough to be comfortable and friendly enough to want to come back. The only downside is the near-monopoly that US Airways has on the airport ... several carriers have tried to break into the market, but given the large amount of employment generated by the airline, true success has yet to be achieved.

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