r/airport

Can airports provide enough sensory-friendly spaces for neurodivergent individuals during peak hours?

Hi everyone!

I’m landing at London Stansted on Tuesday morning, May 5th, the morning after a holiday, at around 06:50-07:00 on a flight from Berlin.

I hold a Brazilian passport and need to be in central London by 9:00-9:30 am. Realistically, what time should I expect to clear immigration and be landside?

Please share any recent experiences, especially from weekday mornings. I’d like to know how long immigration took and whether Stansted tends to get very busy around that time.

Also, any tips for getting through faster would be greatly appreciated!

what do you think?

Im asking for a friend

Has anyone had experience getting from the Turkish Airline Lounge in concourse H to concourse G (I'm flying southwest)? Is it possible to go between the two?

So we’re two danish people who are travelling from Copenhagen Airport to London Stansted airport for a layover before we go further to Fargo, Portugal after around two hours.

Our question is do we need an ETA in order for us to do the layover?

I tried contacting our airline which was not any help, and i also called London stansted airport directly who told us to call the airline (right after i just talked to them first), and then also some number for border control which did not pick up.

I was told by Stansted airport that they do not have a “transit unit” so we will have to exit and re-Enter the airport so would that mean we would have to apply for the ETA then?

Also, my friend applied for an ETA last year around march/april in order to do a layover in London as well before going to marocco. Has there been any new rules that would cancel this or is it still valid?

We’re not that experinced travellers so we would just like to know 100% if the ETA is needed in order for us to travel with a peace of mind.

Hopefully someone could help us on this matter!

Thank you in advance.

EDIT: i made some spelling mistakes.. english is not my first language:)

The question is in the subject line. Why?

I do not like having night layovers but sometimes you can't avoid them. The airports are damn cold at night. AV is running. Most people have jackets on but you still see them shivering and using hands to rub their bodies in an attempt to be warm. You can't even go to sleep to try and escape the misery.

Why don't US airports management raise temperatures at night?

So I was already having terrible pain in my knee all day, that pain would come and go other days but that day was just constant pain for me. I went through the tsa and they saw something and pulled me to do a pat down, asked me if I was having pain in my knee. I was puzzled because how would they know that? Is it something serious? To this day I still get the pain in my knee and don’t know why I get it.

Empty containers larger than 100ml are allowed, so if I really wanted the explode the entire airport or nuke the sky, I could simply bring several magically explosive liquids in several 100ml containers, then combine them all in a 2L empty container after passing security to make the ultimate nuclear bomb.

It's just stupid.

You say, "No you're the stupid one, do you really think security wouldn't detect bomb ingredients in 100ml containers?"

To which I reply, if they can detect them in 100ml containers, why can't they detect them in 1000ml containers?

Just let granny bring her granddaughter the 500g jar of alpine strawberry jam and stop the uncle with an empty 2L bottle and a few 100ml bottles of suspicious chocolate-flavored triacetone triperoxide that the scanner flagged.

Last year I went on holiday to Malaga, Spain, travelled there from Manchester, to Malaga of course, and it was just so fascinating, it gave me this feeling which I can’t explain but I just loved it, walking through security, looking around and seeing so many different people, designs, planes, markets and just things you’d see in an airport. I ended up getting to Malaga pretty late at night, so me and my family stayed at Manchester airport for a while, but it just made the experience even better altogether, time flies in airports, for me at least, I was oblivious to the fact it was so late, and while I was flying over Spain it was so amazing just seeing all of these lights from a completely different country than mine from so high in the air, and don’t forget the takeoff and landing, the power and shaking of the plane as it takes off and lands is amazing, the whole experience makes me want to be a pilot more than ever. (Just felt like talking abt it idk why lol)

as stated i have 15 ear piercings total and im going to the airport soon I am worried that my piercings will set off the metal detectors as I am the type who gets anxious at airports,having to deal with that would honestly be nerve-wracking and i just wanna say this before I get this suggestion,I cant wear piercing retainers as they are still healing as of now so I have to keep the metal piercings on,idk if it makes a difference in terms of answers given or if its helpful but my piercings range from lobe,helix,flat and tragus.

So it’s my first time going to the airport to go to Tokyo from LA. I signed up to EF Ultimate Break, it’s a group trip.

But I got so lost I panicked! I started crying because I had no where to go!

But luckily I found other travelers going with me to Tokyo. At the same airline.

But I’m scared of going alone next time I want to travel. What strategies I need to know about if I go to the airport, whether it’s in LA or in a different country.?

Just wondering/ thinking out loud

Edit: I travel often for work - have long lay overs occasionally and delays frequently. I do have access to most lounges but haven’t seen a gym yet. The hygiene thing makes sense. I too am always surprised at how many people SMELL and don’t even know/care.