Snaps from the Alaska Airlines Lounge at SFO
Here’s what’s inside Alaska Airlines new lounge at SFO Airport Alaska Airlines debuted its new lounge in Terminal 1 (by Gate B6) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this week →
California’s Long Beach Airport celebrates its centennial with cool posters
To celebrate its centennial year, California’s Long Beach Airport (LGB) is releasing a series of four vintage-style posters that are sure to be collectible. The first poster, pictured above, is titled “Early →
CrowdStrike airline waiver policies still in effect – at Delta Air Lines
There are still some system-wide airline cancelations and delays due to the CrowdStrike IT outage, but many airlines are back on track. Delta Air Lines, though, is still having major →
Fresh art at SFO Airport: Rosie the Riveter
One of the newest SFO Museum exhibitions at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) tells the story of Rosie the Riveter and the accomplishments of more than 16 million women who →
Where is the world’s busiest airport?
Airports Council International (ACI) World tallies airline traffic numbers each year and the trade group just released the official list of the busiest airports in the world in 2023. A →
Greetings from Nashville Intl Airport (BNA)
The Stuck at the Airport team spent the weekend exploring Nashville International Airport (BNA) and testing out the airport’s brand new BNA PASSport gate pass program from our base at →
New artwork honors Amelia Earhart
Aviation icon Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 and there is new artwork honoring her life and her achievements. In Derry, Northern Ireland, the North →
TSA’s 6 month gun tally + Happy Birthday SEA
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been screening a record number of travelers and finding lots of firearms as it does. How many firearms? For the first half of the →
Visit this airport, & others, without a plane ticket
This month Nashville International Airport (BNA) joins the list of airports with a guest pass program. The BNA Passport guest pass program allows a non-ticketed guest to go through the →
Extreme heat is changing travel patterns
[This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News] Cathy Balestriere was expecting “especially low” bookings last month at Crane’s Beach House, the boutique hotel →
Airports offer sweet July 4th treats
Many people got to take a holiday on July 4th. But staff at a few airports went above and beyond to offer treats to passengers traveling on Independence Day. John →
Did you miss World UFO Day?
Don’t worry if you missed the opportunity to celebrate World UFO Day with your space alien pals. They’ll be back. And when they do, it’s a good bet they’ll arrive →
Smoking in airports. 3 US airports where you can still light up.
Smoking on airplanes flying to, from or within the United States has been banned since 2000. Most airports in the United States are completely smoke-free. But there are still a →
Get free museum admission July 4 & all summer
Travel for the Independence Day holiday week is already underway, with AAA projecting that close to 71 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home between this past →