Paine Field

Want something a little easier on the feet? Trenton Mercer Airport in New Jersey has a longest walk of just 0.03 miles.

Payne Field in Washington and Tweed New Haven in Connecticut are almost as easy.

The takeaway? If you have a tight connection at one of these mega airports, check the terminal map before you land.

And if you need mobility assistance, arrange it in advance.

I'm not surprised by Orlando.

Trenton Mercer Airport in New Jersey has the longest walk.

Payne Field in Washington.

Well, that's a great name for an airport.

The rules don't say transfer stations can't be located much closer.

In fact, we cited a transfer station in Snohomish County right next to Payne Field.

Literally on the Payne Field grounds, we have cited a very large 1500 ton a day station.

But to do that, we had to jump through a number of hoops with the FAA, even though their rules don't specifically say mentioned transfer stations, we still had to do a number of things to convince them that we weren't going to attract birds.

Older style transfer stations often had open areas, big open doors or even open sides.