That moment did nothing for me. It was pretty underwhelming even. I mean the airport scene is like another "Damn, another guys to shoot to get to my objective", and they decide to play this to make it awesome, why? It was just another "shoot enemies so you can get one step closer to your goal", it wasn't like you were achieving something big story or gameplay wise. Without the music that moment wouldn't have been remembered at all. "Tears" is a great track, don't get me wrong, it was just horribly misused.
Gotta say I agree with this. The inclusion of the track in that level is so odd. At first it's like, yeah shits gonna go down, and it does pump you up but if you step back and take a look at where you are story wise it just makes no sense. This was not some pivotal point in the game, it was just another shooting gallery for max to blow his way through. Really sums up the game pretty well though. Cinematic priority given over all else, especially when it makes no sense.
If anything it might have made a bit more sense playing the track in the police station as that level is where you first really go all out to fuck certain people up. Anyways that is beside the point.