Daily Times

The inaugural Fodor’s travel awards provided a tale of two airports in a single city on Wednesday, following their announcement that the country’s best and world’s worst airports are just 30 miles apart. The travel site crowned Hollywood-Burbank Airport the best the United States has to offer, crediting its ‘shenanigan-free experience’, low parking costs and versatile array of dining options as justification for its place at the very top. But its neighbour to the south, LAX, received far less favourable reviews after it was named and shamed as not only the worst in the country, but in the rest of the world too. According to Fodor, casting the two Southern California airports in drastically contrasting lights of standing was just an ‘unplanned coincidence’. Editors of the site say Hollywood-Burbank – which was once known as Bob Hope Airport – stood head-and-shoulders above the rest because of its ‘accessibility and mellow, hassle-free experience.’