Jacksonville International Airport

The shuttle bus drivers taking you from the parking lot to the terminal were very nice, helpful, and professional and made sure I got to where I need to go as quickly as possible. Don't be afraid to talk to them too. They seemed to enjoy conversation with people.

Jacksonville is a nice little airport! Very easy to navigate and gates, restaurants, and all is well organized.

One thing to keep in mind is this: Even though the airport doors are open in the departure terminals, the security checkpoint doesn’t open until 4:00 am. So you’ll have to wait if your are here early. I didn’t know that.

Also, I was flying with American Airlines and they too, do not open until 4:00 am. 3:45 am is the earliest they open. This is only if you need to check in bags. The self-serving machines will only print boarding passes. At 4 am or so, they get rebooted and now you can print bag passes.

Same goes with the restaurants. Right now it is 4:20 am and they are closed, I am assuming they open at either 5 or 6 am.

But the airport is comfortable, and going through the security was not too bad!

Traffic jam at pickup.
Mostly due to some vehicles parked in right lane. One was there for at least 15 minutes with nobody near it. And a police vehicle was parked blocking part of the right lane early on, no sight of the officer, who was certainly not monitoring 'parked' vehicles that were blocking the usual ebb & flow of traffic. I went from the cell lot to pickup, finally got to curb side, loaded luggage. Then I dismantled a cart, put it in my vehicle and pulled out. The vehicle in front of me blocking the curbside lane was there before I got the call to pick up and was there as I left. No sign of driver, passenger(s) for pickup. And no officer monitoring. But police were stopping vehicles entering the airport traffic pattern.

Also, multiple vehicles parked on side of road leading to the airport. Ridiculous they have a great cell lot with plenty of room and easy access. I know. I was there tonight.

My first problem with traffic flow in many trips to the airport.

A good airport. Not too big, not to small. It is clean and has sufficient amenities for its size. Flights out of this airport are on the high side, but it is convenient.