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Airports mark Star Wars Day – May the 4th

Star Wars fans celebrated the unofficial holiday of Star Wars Day on May 4th and airports worldwide got into the spirit with fun in-terminal events and online posts.

Here’s a round-up of some of the posts we spotted, including one from the National Air & Space Museum reminding us that one of the 400 mailboxes the US Postal Service cleverly turned into R2-D2 look-alikes back in 2007 is on view at the museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport.

Let us know if we missed your favorite post.

In 2007, the USPS turned 400 standard blue mailboxes into Luke Skywalker's trusty droid R2-D2 and #StarWars fans visited them across the country. The Force is with us at our Udvar-Hazy Center, where one is on display: https://t.co/KmUljnCsKH #Maythe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/5W2Q5Od1kA
— National Air and Space Museum (@airandspace) May 5, 2025

Hello there. 💫 There's a disturbance in the Force. #MayThe4th pic.twitter.com/naO2LaJ8Zp
— Orlando International Airport (@MCO) May 4, 2025

New arrival at Docking Bay 94. #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/aufaECAvvp
— Miami Int'l Airport (@iflymia) May 4, 2025

Another new flight has launched! Happy May the Fourth to all who celebrate! pic.twitter.com/Cw44ufNzTV
— Dulles Airport (IAD) (@Dulles_Airport) May 4, 2025

« Arrivée à Paris-CDG du vol SW1977 en provenance de Tatooine. Bagages, sabres laser et R2-D2 seront à récupérer en zone “Arrivées Spatiales” »#StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4th pic.twitter.com/YW4ySgOQLY
— Paris Aéroport (@ParisAeroport) May 4, 2025

May the 4th be with you ✨ Happy Star Wars Day!

We’re Imperial Marching to the terminal for an out-of-this-world party. pic.twitter.com/iuLSqq942s
— Denver Int'l Airport (@DENAirport) May 4, 2025

The force is strong at #LAX today. Spot the special @StarWars livery touching down for #MayThe4th.

📸: @speedbirdhd pic.twitter.com/v4CYKGtg5z
— LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) May 4, 2025

As the wise Obi-Wan once said, “These are not the delays you’re looking for,” or something like that.

May the Fourth be with you, travelers. ✈️🌌#maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsday #ATL100 pic.twitter.com/3cLcK7UFJ1
— Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) May 4, 2025

A long time ago, in an airport not so far, far away… #StarWarsDay #MayTheFourthBeWithYou @501stLegion pic.twitter.com/LzKL0tyZ9c
— DFW Airport (@DFWAirport) May 4, 2025

When the plans finally make it out of the HoloNet.#MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/SWCrl87LRW
— CLT Airport (@CLTAirport) May 4, 2025

🚀🌟 May the 4th Be With You! 🌟🚀
Some familiar characters from a galaxy far, far away landed at DTW this week for some fun!#DTWnonstop pic.twitter.com/JmtIenRlT7
— DTW Airport (@DTWeetin) May 4, 2025

C-3PO and R2-D2 tried to go through the metal detector 🤦 pic.twitter.com/kzbnye86HJ
— Denver Int'l Airport (@DENAirport) May 4, 2025

Travelers from a galaxy far, far away touched down at O’Hare today. Members of the 501st Legion took pictures with passengers in honor of May the 4th. 🌌✨🪐 pic.twitter.com/Rq4afSMjOR
— O'Hare Intl. Airport (@fly2ohare) May 5, 2025

Passengers are experiencing a (very welcome) disturbance in the Force today … The Golden Gate Garrison (@501stggg), part of the 501st Legion, patrolled SJC!

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! pic.twitter.com/ObtegFvMQQ
— San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) (@FlySJC) May 4, 2025

Everything’s under control. Situation normal! Just a few hotshot pilots you might come across in the Raleigh-Durham Intergalactic Spaceport terminals on #StarWarsDay. Happy May the Fourth! pic.twitter.com/dnIb2Wmfsv
— RDU Airport (@RDUAirport) May 4, 2025