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| - This is my home airport and everytime I do have to fly somewhere, I can always expect to look forward to a quick check-in. I kinda cut it close last weekend though. I had a 7:55am flight to Kansas City and didn't get off to work until 6:30am, traveling from South Carolina, south of the Ballantyne area. I made it to the airport at 7:05am, parked in Long Term Parking (which has always been pleasant, except for the few times that I had to go find my car....but that's completely on me, haha), missed a shuttle bus, but another one pulled in not even two minutes later...got to the terminal, printed my pass in the self check in kiosk, and got in the line to get through security. It appeared to be kinda long, but I got through in less than 5 minutes. I was sitting in front of my gate for Kansas City at 7:25am. Now if that aint quick, I don't know what is. The beauty of Charlotte-Douglas Airport is it's US Airways main hub, so you can get several nonstop flights to the big cities in the country (LA, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, and the list goes on). I also just found out that Charlotte has nonstop service to Paris and will begin nonstop service to Honolulu and Rio de Janeiro (all on US Airways). The free Wi-Fi is always sweet if you need something to do to kill some time. There are plenty of places to eat from your standard fast food chains to some nice bars and restaurants.
As a New York City native, I couldn't stand the hassles of JFK, LaGuardia and Newark. I can get to wherever I need to in the country from Charlotte and it has never been a hassle.
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