Seth A.
Yelp
I spent a few hours exploring around West Palm Beach Airport, PBI, my favorite airport in South Florida.
PBI is not too big where you'll feel overwhelmed by passengers and congestion.
Major airlines like Delta, American, United, Southwest and JetBlue all fly into and out of here.
Although there aren't many nonstop flights if you're interested in traveling to the west coast of the USA, but for convenience...all of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington DC are covered.
And then of course you have the hub cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas and Chicago that have flights regularly scheduled throughout the day.
I walked inside PBI which features 1 main terminal and 3 concourses...concourses A, B and C...all located on level 2 of the airport and situated right near each other so you don't have to walk far to arrive at your gate.
There are just a couple of restaurants and shops before and after security. This lends to a smaller, homelier and definitely less stressful type of feel for still being a major airport.
I'd classify PBI as medium sized. It's not a regional airport, but it's nowhere near the size of FLL - Ft. Lauderdale and MIA - Miami who offer daily international flights around the world.
For Economy Parking, it's only $7 per day which is fantastic compared to FLL which has $15 per day for their cheapest "Long Term" Parking Lot.
From the Economy Lot, you get a cool perspective of planes departing right over your head. If you have the time to hang around, it's nice to watch some planes taking off.
And for those interested in a worthwhile area for plane spotting, I discovered a small park located along Perimeter Road...a local road that circles around the airport.
There was no name for this park, but if you casually drive on Perimeter Road, you can't miss the park, which is open from sunrise to sunset.
Also at this unnamed park were some picnic tables if you'd like to eat lunch and watch the planes speed down the runway. Though, it's very noisy here with the passing cars from Southern Boulevard making it not such a pleasant setting.
But...if you're here to watch planes, I think you'll appreciate the views. They are undisturbed with only the fencing getting in the way.
If you do have a professional camera with you, you can capture some nice shots compared to using your phone (like I was, lol).
In the end, it was okay to spend a few hours at PBI. I just enjoy hanging out at airports in general so, I'd recommend Palm Beach Airport.