Stuck at the Airport

Where the scruffy little suitcase wants to go

02/08/26

The scruffy little suitcase wants what it wants. And we’re happy to tag along. So we’re kicking off the week with a round-up of some of the places on our ‘go’ list: Vancouver, BC here we come (Courtesy Vancouver Art Gallery) This week we’re taking the train from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. for a quick →

Museums

Airports, governors place bets on the Big Game

02/07/26

Lots of people have placed lots of bets on the outcome of the Big Game on Sunday, February 8, between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. That includes the officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and governors of Washington and Massachusetts. Here is what’s on the line. →

Sports

Holograms help welcome Super Bowl fans to Bay Area airports

02/04/26

Bay Area airports are rolling out creative welcome mats for the thousands of sports fans who are flying in for Super Bowl LX. In addition to creative signage, activities, selfie-spots and pop-up merch shops, both San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) are getting some help from holograms. In Terminal →

Sports

Pick up your marriage license at the Las Vegas airport

02/03/26

Here’s a great airport amenity for lovebirds planning on getting married in Las Vegas during February – Wedding Month – especially on or around Valentine’s Day, which lands on a Saturday this year. To make life easier for couples flying to Las Vegas from around the world to get hitched, the Clark County Clerk’s office →

Holidays

Travel tidbits from BDL, PHX and IAH airports

02/03/26

Shiny new concourse at Bradley International Airport We’re loving the look of this concourse at Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor, CT, which is an extension of the existing Terminal A and part of an 80,000 square-foot facility add directly behind the airport’s Sheraton Hotel. The new concourse adds three additional gates, new restroom facilities, →

Airports

How to find Mob artifacts at LAS Airport

02/02/26

The Stuck at the Airport team loves airports and adores museums. So we were delighted to learn that Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas is now home to a branch of the Las Vegas Mob Museum, which is also known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. The main Mob Museum →

Museums

Harry Reid International Airport

Airports celebrate Super Bowl LX & its fans

01/31/26

Super Bowl LX will be played on Feburary 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California and will pit the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots. 68,500 ticket holders will get to see the game live in the stadium. Thousands more will be attending Super Bowl Week events throughout the Bay Area all →

Events

Super Bowl LX

Full facelift for the north end of SEA main terminal

01/29/26

For the past two years, passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) have had to put up with an obstacle course of ever-changing construction walls, detours and rerouting at the north end of the main terminal. Most notably the hassles have been in the lobby area where Alaska Airlines has its counters for check in and →

A rare glimpse of Wonder Woman’s invisible plane

01/28/26

Wonder Woman’s Invisible Plane is a rare gem in the collection of Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Acquired by the museum in April 1, 2013, the museum keeps this curious and precious artifact in a secret location and rarely puts it on display. But the departure of the large-scale MiG-21 Project featuring a decommissioned Soviet MiG-21 →

TSA’s Top 10 ‘Catches’ of 2025

01/27/26

Bullets hidden in strawberry Nesquik and tinfoil, a shot gun concealed in a golf bag and, the classic – drugs tucked inside shoes – all made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s recently released Top 10 list of best ‘catches’ for 2025. Here’s the full list, in countdown order, along with airport where the offending →