Texarkana Regional Airport

I love airports — airports mean wi-​fi, weird little side shops, truly quality people-​watching, AND, they mean that either you’re going somewhere cool, picking up or dropping off a friend or relative who came for a great visit, or you’re coming home from somewhere cool. All good things!
For this one, scratch that shops bit. This airport is roughly the size of a shoebox, with a single atrium, a teeny-​tiny two lane security check, and I believe only one runway. The planes that fly in and out of here are small and cool, if slightly rougher riding than bigger ones.
This particular teeny tiny airport also boasts exceptional service, very VERY fast security checks, and a very reliable schedule.
For those looking for it, they also have a Hertz car rental, but I believe that’s the only one.
I personally frequent this airport because — aside from the joy of visiting my lovely in-​laws :D — most of the flights I take out of state hit Dallas before going anywhere else, and even with the commute to and from Texarkana, flying from Texarkana to Dallas is way, way cheaper than going Little Rock to Dallas.
If they had food (any food at all…) I would give them five stars, but for doing what airports are supposed to do, and doing it well, they get a solid four.

What do you want from me. It’s an airport. It’s little.
JK.
I love my little Texarkana Regional Airport. It is less than ten minutes from my bed and it has free day parking.
Walking from the gate to my car takes about 60 seconds flat. Well I have short Asian legs so maybe 90 seconds.
Just a few things to note about this airport:
–No phone boarding passes — they all have to be either printed at home or printed here. No capability.
–Not all the employees are super awesome, but most are. But that’s the case in most airports.
–You will be walking out onto the tarmac to board the tiny little plane.
–If you feel like everyone knows each other and you’re the only one that doesn’t, don’t feel weird — its because they fly every week and the whole airport seems to know the regulars.
–If you have a carry on luggage, if it’s any thicker than say 10 inches, it’s gonna have to go be gate checked (meaning they give you a red tag to put on your bag, and you carry it out to right next to the plane where you put it on a cart and then they load it on the plane)
–If you had carry on luggage from Dallas that got gate checked, they will probably let it come out on the baggage claim conveyor belt. Takes about 10 minutes for all that to happen.
–We tend to get the young pilots. With names like IDK, I don’t remember but my last flight attendant commented on that.
–You might only get water service, especially on the way back from Dallas, because the flight is über short and there’s no time for a full drink service.
Apparently I had more to say than I thought.
So there ya go.

Had to detour here because of weather in Dallas. The entire plane was starving, with no vending machines inside. The crew that stayed late (assumably because the airport was closed) to service our plane BOUGHT us little Caesars pizza. Super nice people! Thank you !
American Airlines Flight 3470 on 4−18−15

What kinda clown downgrades a rating for an airport, when it’s the airline they’re cheesed off with?

Super small airport with basically one gate serviced by American and United.
Arrivals: car rental in the very small area with baggage claim and security.
Departures: You don’t need to be at the airport more than an hour before your plane departs since they don’t even open security until then. There is a small lounge in the same room as baggage claim. A larger lounge area is to the right of check in. There is no food service, just vending machines.
The airport is perfect for the limited service it offers. Flying here saves me the 2+ hr drive from DFW or the 1+ hr drive from Lafayette and that is a good thing.

Small. ass. airport. This place cracked me up as I am used to LAX. Hello tiny Texarkana! The airport has one, yes one, terminal. That being said the security line is a piece of cake. I arrived 50 minutes before my flight and I was good to go. You board the plane via ramp on the tarmac, which was kind of fun. Also, anything you have that is larger than a purse will be gate checked. Also, there is no in flight beverage service. Sometimes the flight attendant will offer water, but that is about it. Back to the terminal– there is no bar or restaurant. There are vending machines that do not take credit cards. Plan accordingly.

This is a very limited service airport. Two airlines service it: American and Continental. Each of them has two flights a day: One at 7 am, another about 4:55/5:05 pm. There may be one more in the middle, but that is it. If you are actually doing work during the day, this makes it pretty hard to get out of there.
The staff is nice, but I miss my 5:05 pm flight, and this is how: I rush down to the airport at 4:30 pm. I am sitting at the counter, but no one comes. I try to check in electronically, but the computer says it is too close to depature time. Finally I go over to the car rental desk and ask. The airline rep is boarding the plane — there is only one rep to man the ticket counter and the security area. I can’t get to her because she is on the other side of security and they won’t let me in because I do not have a ticket. I don’t remember this scene from Catch-​22 but I am pretty sure it must have been in there somewhere. They tell me to wave, which I do, and she sees me and makes a «wait a minute» gesture, then I watch her close out the flight and meander over to me to tell me it is too late and the next flight isn’t until the morning. She pre-​tickets me for that flight. I find my way back to the hotel.
Next morning: I get there about a half an hour ahead of time. The same airline rep is there, waiting at the front door of the airport for me, semi-​frantic. I have been selected for special security screening. She is worried I’m not going to finish in time and have to wait until later in the day. The whole deal, look through my bags, pat me down, etc. The entire airport has maybe 10 people in it, it only has prop planes, but I am a threat. Eventually I make it on plane, and have successfully eluded any future trips there.