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...peak hours. Two terminals, with spacious new concourses at Eastern and National. Longest walk: 2,000 ft. Baggage checkout: average 14 min. Hotels/Motels: good. International Airport Hotel inside airport, nine others within 5 min. Amenities: ordinary. Adequate lounges for major airlines, others crowded. Five snack bars, one open 24 hr. Best restaurant: Airport Roof. Six bars, open various hours from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Standard shops brightened by fruit displays, Cuban coffee bar, Latin American specialty store. Barbershop and beauty salon. Paramedic team available 24 hr. Overall: shades of Ellis Island...
...terminal entrance. Four commuter airlines. Parking: tight, far out. Flow Through: choppy. Limited sidewalk checkin. No baggage carts. Two-level main terminal flanked by uncomfortable lounges. Confusing signs. Longest walk: almost 1,600 ft. Luggage checkout: palsied. Hotels/Motels: plenty within 5 min. Amenities: sorry. Austere, uncomfortable lounge. A 24-hr, snack bar. Best restaurant: moderate, drab Golden Eagle. Three bars open various hours from 9 a.m. to 1 1 p.m. Shopping: vending machines, curios. Barbershop. Doctor's office open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., M.D.s available by phone 24 hr. Overall: like a commuter station...
...intercontinental flights. Baggage carts. Layout: confusing, but improving. Three separate terminals linked by moving sidewalks. Longest unassisted walk: 950 ft. Baggage, immigration and customs checkout: painless. Hotels/Motels: excellent. Eight within a mile of airport. Amenities: humdrum minimum. Functional lounges. Nine short-order buffets, three coffee shops, open 24 hr. One restaurant, being rebuilt. Ten bars, three open 24 hr. Supermarket-like duty-free shops selling wide range of goods. Refinements include animal hostel, dramatic society that rehearses and performs in the airport's underground chapel, a legendary bowler-hatted ghost who supposedly turns up in emergencies. Minihospital. European Terminal...
...Immigration and customs: airport's only delight. Hotels/Motels: pleasant, modern facilities near beach at Ostia, five miles away. Amenities: substandard. Coffee bars (espresso 30?, Coke 57?). Best restaurant: International Airport Restaurant. Ten bars, open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; one in international transit section open 24 hr. Two tax-free shops selling only liquor and cigarettes. (Best distraction for passenger with two hours to spare: Roman ruins with fine mosaics near by.) Four first-aid stations with nurse or doctor open 24 hr. Overall: Dante's Purgatory...
CHARLES DE GAULLE. 8.2 million passengers last year. Averages 250 landings and take-offs daily. One runway, 22 airlines. Delays: minimal. Accessibility: good. Allow 40 min. to 1Y2 hr. for 20-mile ride downtown by car or cab ($10 to $12, beware plun-derous drivers). City bus ($1.75) to Gare de 1'Est every 15 min. or Air France bus ($2.50) to Porte Maillot every 20 min. Rail trip ($ 1.75) to Gare du Nord every 15 min. Flow Through: smoothly futuristic. Spacious waiting lounges. Plentiful baggage carts. Sidewalk check-ins, or passengers take escalators from entrance to check...