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Which airport has the nicest bathrooms?

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and its newly renovated, amenity-rich restrooms have claimed the throne in the 2023 America's Best Restroom contest. The airport was one of 10 finalists selected — and that's no small feat.



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The typical size of an airport bathroom stall is 3 1/2' by 5', of which more than half is taken up by the toilet. Most have doors that swing to the inside of the stall. That leaves just a few square inches in which to get your body inside the stall and rotate your luggage in and close the door.

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All airport restroom surfaces should be cleaned and disinfected on a regular basis throughout each day.

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Tokyo's Haneda Airport continues its success being named the World's Cleanest Airport. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the standards of airport cleanliness have become much more important to customers and airports maintaining these highest standards are well featured in the best airport cleanliness results.

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Cleaning the toilets is just one of the many duties of cabin crew. They also have to deal with passenger requests, help with safety procedures, and make sure the cabin is comfortable and tidy. It's a demanding job, but someone has to do it!

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Usually. Although the bathrooms often still get very gross. In many airlines, cabin crew will check the lavatories periodically. This is done for safety, to ensure nothing dangerous has been done in/to the lav (like tampering with the smoke detector), and also to ensure that passengers have a clean lavatory to use.

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However, they are positioned in such a way that they can see only the sink-area, and not the urinals, or inside the cubicles.

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Despite the ban on smoking, it remains a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirement to have such ashtrays in the bathroom. The reason is that there should still be a safe place provided to extinguish and place a cigarette, should someone decide (against the law) to light one.

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While it's generally luggage that is subject to swabbing, travelers clothes and hands may also be swabbed. Swabbing is used as a secondary form of detecting explosives alongside full-body scanners. While the process can be a little intimidating, a positive swab test is no need to panic.

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While they encourage passengers to use the lavatory in their ticketed cabin, coach passengers may use the first class lavatory to reduce crowding in the aisle and at the back of the aircraft.

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