Post Hurricane Milton, airports reopening & flights resuming. Cautiously.
(Map courtesy Weather.com) Florida residents are just starting to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. As they do, airports that had closed for the storm’s duration are reopening. Airlines →
Spotted: Mortuary at Schiphol Airport
This disembodied head sits on a small patch of grass next to the quirky but charming CitizenM hotel at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS). Behind it: the Schiphol Mortuary. I was walking to the hotel behind a couple who also stopped to take a photo. And then overheard the man say to the woman: “Well, dear. →
Flying soon? Locate your guns.
It’s not overdoing it to say that the Stuck at the Airport safety and security team is a bit obsessed with the topic of firearms at airports. We can’t go →
KLM unveils its 105th Delft Blue miniature house
Want a free house? KLM, the Netherlands’ flag carrier, gives them away for free. There are strings, of course. And more to the story. You need to be flying in →
Airports and airlines brace for Hurricane Milton
First, it was Hurricane Helene. Now Hurricane Milton is heading toward Central Florida and is expected to arrive with vengeance midweek. Airlines are already canceling flights, posting travel advisories and →
SFO Museum celebrates San Francisco
Here’s a great reason to plan or be thankful for a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The SFO Museum‘s newest exhibition, San Francisco: City of the →
Condor Airlines adds a pink-striped plane for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Condor, the German airline with the candy stripe livery in an assortment of fun colors, has added a pink-striped livery to one of its Airbust A320 aircraft to mark Breast →
Pets are fetching their piece of the travel boom
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News online). Travelers have been crowding into airports in record numbers this year — including on four →
Hurricane Helene closing airports & canceling flights. Here are links airline flexible travel policies.
Travelers heading to or from Florida, Georgia and many parts of the U.S. southeast found Tampa International Airport (TPA) closed and hundreds of flights canceled or delayed throughout the region →
Celebrating the centennial of the first around the world flight
On April 6, 1924, four U.S. Army planes, each with two crewmembers, took off from what was then Sand Point Airfield in Seattle. Their goal was to complete the first →
Tidbits for Travelers
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at PHL Airport Now through October 15, 2024, watch for events at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) celebrating Hispanic and Latino culture. The lineup includes craft workshops, salsa dance →
Which airports do travelers love the most?
It turns out that Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) can win passengers’ hearts even without the promised aircraft viewing area with a pool announced on April Fools Day a few →
Opera & ballet at Helsinki Airport + Giant miniature house at Indianapolis Airport
Helsinki Airport shows ballet & opera snippets The Stuck at the Airport team is a big fan of Helsinki, Finland. And not just for the licorice. We love the airport →
Fresh art at JFK T7
The 54-year-old Terminal 7 at JFK Airport in New York is set to be decommissioned in 2026 to make room for the second half of Terminal 6 construction. But in →
New & cool at Charlotte Douglas Int’l Airport
The Stuck at the Airport team loves art and amenity-rich airport expansions and Phase II of the Concourse A Expansion opening at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) on September 17 looks great. The →