It has come to my attention that people don’t know how to get in and out of an airport.

I’ve traveled extensively for the last 15 years. That is not a bragger. I had no choice. I had to travel for work, 50 weeks a year. I lived in the airport. I’ve been to well over 150 airports all over the world. I saw the rise of the modern airport, from a place just to catch your flight to a mall/movie theater.<br><br>This is not about security, or customs, just how to get into the airport and out, efficiently.<br><br>First off, take an Uber to the airport. It’s cheap, efficient and the driver will usually drop you off at your airline. If you drive your car, you will park miles away in the long term parking and take a bus to the airport. Not efficient. <br><br>Now if you take an Uber you don’t have to look for the door to get into the airport. Just look where everyone is walking and follow them. But usually it’s the doors to your right.<br><br>I don’t know how many airports I’ve been to but the format is almost always the same. Baggage claim is down stairs and arrivals and departures are up stairs. Some airports arrivals and departures are in separate terminals but that is usually listed on the ticket. The airport usually has a list in the taxi line of the terminals the airline operates from. If they don’t write down the terminal you are flying out of. <br><br>Usually when you walk in you are greeted by a large board telling you where your gate is. The gates are usually divided into concourses. There is usually a skytram or walkways to get to the individual concourses. This is usually listed on the big board also. <br><br>After you get through security you can go straight to your gate if you don’t want to stop at a store or get something to eat. The gates are usually stored in a strange order in my opinion. So gates 1-20 are in concourse C, 21-40 in concourse D and 41-60 in B etc. That is why you should always check the big board after you get through security to see where your gate is. <br><br>Now onto departing. When you are ready to leave just follow everybody else and find the escalator down in the concourse you are in. Go down to the first floor. Everything is usually listed on the signs. Baggage claim and exits are almost always on that floor. Now everything is different in individual airports but they are usually listed on the signs. Some airports have separate exits for taxis and Ubers. Some airports have the baggage claim in a separate terminal or concourse. Just follow the signs. <br><br>So my biggest complaint about people getting out of airports (and on to planes). They just stand around like cattle looking at everybody around them waiting for someone to tell them where to go. Read the signs. They are kind of hard to miss.