DTW ranks top 10 in national airport list

State of play: WaPo researchers relied as much on reader nominations and reviews as on quantitative metrics, such as food options and on-time flights, in ranking more than 450 airports.

• They found travelers tend to prefer "small, human-scale facilities over hectic hubs."

What they're saying: "This airport is efficient, accessible, and built to move people through the needed steps without clumping. There were no long waits and no jumbled masses of people," one user wrote on Yelp this month.

• "I have to say, I was quite impressed with the overall experience. Airports are often stressful, but DTW does a lot of things right to make the journey smoother and more comfortable," another wrote.

Zoom out: Airports serving Portland, Oregon (PDX), Long Beach, California (LGB), Washington, D.C. (DCA), Minneapolis (MSP), and Seattle (PAE) constituted the top five.

💭 Joe's thought bubble: I love the fact that I can get past DTW security from my door in Ferndale in about an hour.

🤔 Do you agree with WaPo's ranking? What, if anything, bugs you about DTW?

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