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Most favorite, for its quaintness and sheer simplicity: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It's a big bigger than the shed that is Bamako's, but a far cry from the chaos that is Dakar. OUA airport is great. It's 5 minutes to downtown, and full of characters. They hand write your ticket, as often the computers are down.
The best part of the OUA experience is that despite its tiny size, you still have to line up and take a bus to the plane. You could walk to the plane in the amount of time it takes to get on and off the bus, but no matter! take the bus. Oh, development gone horribly wrong.
The biggest disgrace of an airport is Charles De Gaulle, with its ridiculous bus system that takes you to the far reaches of nowhere to deliver you to a terminal, only to be met with unsmiling and impatient Air France workers.
