24 hubs · growing

Airport Layover Guides

Every guide is dated with its last verification pass — because a stale visa note is worse than none.

Asia

BKK · verified 2026-07-02
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
Thailand's 60-day visa exemption and digital arrival card, connection times
DEL · draft
Delhi Indira Gandhi
India's e-visa requirement for exiting, international-domestic transfer reality
HKG · verified 2026-07-02
Hong Kong
connection times, Airport Express city runs
KUL · verified 2026-07-02
Kuala Lumpur KLIA
the airside jungle boardwalk, Malaysia's digital arrival card
ICN · verified 2026-07-02
Seoul Incheon
free official transit tours, K-ETA rules
PVG · verified 2026-07-02
Shanghai Pudong
China's 240-hour visa-free transit explained, the mandatory Digital Arrival Card
SIN · verified 2026-07-02
Singapore Changi
minimum connection times, whether you can leave the airport
TPE · draft
Taipei Taoyuan
visa-free entry, the airport MRT to Taipei
HND · verified 2026-07-02
Tokyo Haneda
the close-to-Tokyo airport, 30-minute city runs
NRT · verified 2026-07-02
Tokyo Narita
the overnight closure trap, Naritasan temple as the smart short excursion

Middle East

DOH · verified 2026-07-02
Doha Hamad
minimum connection times, leaving the airport for Souq Waqif
DXB · verified 2026-07-02
Dubai DXB
connection times, visa on arrival

Europe

AMS · verified 2026-07-02
Amsterdam Schiphol
EES biometric checks, ETIAS status
FRA · verified 2026-07-02
Frankfurt
EES checks, ETIAS status
IST · verified 2026-07-02
Istanbul Airport
Turkish Airlines' free Touristanbul tour, Australia's new visa exemption
LHR · verified 2026-07-02
London Heathrow
the UK ETA trap, terminal-change times
MUC · verified 2026-07-02
Munich
the 45-minute connection airport, EES and ETIAS status
CDG · verified 2026-07-02
Paris Charles de Gaulle
realistic connection times at a sprawling airport, EES biometric checks

North America

LAX · verified 2026-07-02
Los Angeles LAX
why the US has no airside transit (everyone clears immigration), realistic connection times
JFK · verified 2026-07-02
New York JFK
why everyone clears US immigration even connecting, AirTrain terminal transfers
SFO · verified 2026-07-02
San Francisco
US immigration rules for connections, BART city runs
YVR · verified 2026-07-02
Vancouver
eTA rules including transit, US preclearance explained

Oceania

AKL · verified 2026-07-02
Auckland
the NZeTA transit trap (needed even airside), international-domestic transfer walk
SYD · verified 2026-07-02
Sydney Kingsford Smith
why everyone needs an ETA to exit (and often to transit), the overnight terminal closure

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