Why do airports have such a weird smell? do you like it?

Question

Why do airports have such a weird smell? do you like it?

Answer 1

What airport. Ton Se Nuit in South Vietnam in 1969 smelled like charchole smoke when I got off that C141.

Answer 2

smells like a paycheck to me.

Answer 3

big airports for people - mostly the smell is from the JET A fuel burning. also the trash (peoples dump, p**s etc) that is being transported leaks from time to time

Answer 4

Love it, it means im going on holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!   Or coming back but im usually so tired by then i dont notice the smell.

Answer 5

I don't think it's raw fuel, I think it's burned fuel from the jet engines and APU units in the aircraft that provide electrical power.

Answer 6

Its always new

Answer 7

Airports often have new interiors. I know they replace carpet fairly often. Personally, I love the smell. It isn't the smell itself, but that I associate it with travel, which I love.

Answer 8

Kerosene, jet fuel. I like airports, since I like to travel.