Pittsburgh Airport
Lasting Impressions....
"I was horrified to read an article about your site in the travel section of the Ottawa Citizen which rated the Pittsburgh airport in the top 10 for sleeping." (Tired in Ottawa)
"the cleaning crews have no problem running a vacuum cleaner inches from you head, but that is a minor distraction. " (M. Freeman)
Quick Reference Airport Guide
Here is some information that we've picked out of from your reviews. Be sure to read the review pages for the most up-to-date info:
- seats have armrests
- frequent announcements
- Kid's play area in concourse D has couches
- "reflection room" has couches that can be pushed together
- showers in the health club on international arrivals level
- 24 hour Arby's
A few airport reviews from the archives
by sipes23, 10/13/2009Two totally different experiences, so two reviews. Sort of.
I arrived at about 3AM on a Sunday morning, so I was expecting things to be quiet. They weren't. The place was almost buzzing with activity. There was a family with a mother exhorting her children not to sleep. People started lining up to check in at 3:45 AM. Cleaning people were all over. The main hall served well as an echo chamber in counterpart to the noise of the many wheels rolling over the textured floor. No one was sleeping, including me--though I wanted to. Awful.
Once I got my boarding pass and got through security, it was the opposite. I manged to sleep well for an hour. On the floor, but very well for that. The seats featured armrests--boo! But there were many quiet places to camp out.
So if you're going to PIT, make sure you stay behind security if you can. Otherwise, camp out in your car (because you'll be driving here one way or the other--it's quite some distance from city center).
by Tired in Ottawa
US Air Terminal - I was horrified to read an article about your site in the travel section of the Ottawa Citizen which rated the Pittsburgh airport in the top 10 for sleeping. We were at the US Air part of the airport to connect to a flight to Syracuse from Palm Beach. I was totally exhausted due to a late night in Palm Beach and an early departure time from same. There is no way in hell that it is even remotely possible to sleep in the Pittsburgh airport. It seemed to my wife and I that they had deliberately done everything possible to discourage people from stretching out. All of the seats have arm rests that are impossible to slide under, so unless you are used to sleeping in the upright position forget it. On top of the seating problem there are these little six passenger trolleys that continuously fairy passengers from gate to gate and their warning beepers are a constant annoyance. As if that isn't enough to interfere with an attempt to catch 40 winks the moving walkways have these loud obnoxious announcements informing users of what to do and not do - as though everyone that gets on it is an idiot. If this airport ranks in the top 10 for sleeping possibilities we are in trouble. "
