If you think you had it bad all these years, you should come and visit the Falkland Islands. I will be brief, but I will explain what going through the Mount Pleasant Airport (MPN) feel like for the average visitor.
For added context: Only one flight by a commercial airline a week on Saturday, comes in around 1300, departs around 1500. You miss it, you wait another week.
- The terminal is extremely small, the plane that comes around can probably fit around 180 pax, you could not fit that many people on the check-in lounge, which means a lot of times people have to queue outside, even in the winter.
- Check in is sluggish, with the Airline representatives in the Falklands calling for check in 4 hours in advance when a flight is full.
- After getting your ticket, security will check your bags and you will be asked to wait an undetermined amount of time, to see if a "random" check need to take place, again, the terminal is tiny, people often crowds waiting forever for their name the be shouted by some security person.
- If you manage to get passed this part, you are still not safe, security can still call your name when passing through or after immigration. Even if you are already in the wait lounge. Someone might still show up and shout your name.
- Immigration will scan your passport and charge you £40 for leaving the country.
- Now you are actually commit to the security checkpoint (these are the same guys that scan the bags on check-in). At any given time there is at least 10 in a 5m2 area. You are forced to take your shoes, no liquids are allowed, no toothpaste, take all electronics out of your bag, take jacket off.
- You are randomly tested for drug and explosive traces (GOING OFF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS)
- You may be patted
- All your belongings might be checked at this point as well.
All in all, you could be looking at a 2-hour ordeal from start to finish.
Do yourself a favor. Go to Maldives instead.