Istanbul Airport

Points in favor: amazingly comfy lounge chairs w/charging. Very nice. Comfy temperature. Clean. Not too loud (by airport standards). Security was quick, efficient, and pleasant (no yelling).

Points against: it is 35 km from anywhere.
That's only a 600 TL (about $25 USD) taxi fare but it takes a long time and the public transit options are complicated and take more like 90 minutes.

Major fail: water. You gotta pay for water.
Any airport that doesn't give away free drinking water is run by incompetent assholes, Period. The amount of plastic waste generated is unacceptable, and water is a basic right that the security prevents us from providing ourselves.

Harrumph.

Edit: they board from the back! YayLæs mere