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TIA was my home airport for the first 20 years of my life and now that I've been around the US, Europe, and Asia, I still think it's the best airport in the world.
It is the only large airport I've ever visited that doesn't feature the Olympic 1000 yard carry-on drag event. The terminal is in the center of the airport, with the concourses surrounding it and connected by shuttle trains. Parking is above the terminal, so you just walk from your car into an elevator, down to departures, check your bags, take the escalator up one level, get in the train, do a little security theater, and you're there.
It is such a stunningly logical and traveler friendly airport, every other airport looks like it was designed by accident in comparison.
I want to mention Shanghai's airport, also. For one thing, it's the only place I've ever been where an airport security guard took my carry on and weighed it and told me to go back and check it in because it was too heavy. Also, they have the absolute coolest ground transportation in the world, a maglev train. It doesn't take you anywhere beside a podunk subway station in Pudong, but man, it's really neat!
