My old home base! PIT gets mad props on pretty much everything.
- Short security lines. Protip: there's an "alternate checkpoint" across from departures. Go through there - it's always shorter than the main line.
- Good shopping/food options. They've done a TON of renovations in the central concourse in the last year and it's pretty sweet now. The McDonald's line moves quickly, which is a boon when I want hash browns at 6:30am.
- Fun decor - the T. Rex from the Carnegie Science Center by the people mover is a personal favorite.
- Easy short term parking. You can actually walk someone to the security checkpoint to say goodbye! Drive past departures and take the left exit to the top of the parking garage. Cost is cheap, something like $1 for a half hour, and there are always spaces. Kind of a throwback to when air travel didn't suck!
- My one complaint is the location: PIT is about 25 miles to the west of actual Pittsburgh.