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Six hours at Heathrow due to snow. The delay wasn't too bad, but the airport is. I've been to more airports in the world than I can count (must be in the hundreds), and Heathrow is one of my least favorite.
And at that point I was a big smoker, and once you're past the security checkpoint, you're unable to leave.
I befriended an Irishman named Fergus (He was from Galway, IIRC), as well as a Canadian couple who were in the same situation, and we used all the food vouchers we got from the airline on alcohol. In my case it was s a coping method for my nicotine cravings, and I ended up completely sandblasted. I have a vague memory of "walking" through the boarding gate when it was finally time, and then my memory is cut off. I awoke in the right airport upon touchdown, though.
And the delay was made so much worse because the amount of snow that shut down Heathrow was next to nothing. My regional airport has several times more and it doesn't cause any issues.