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One airport goes big, another raises the bar

01/22/26

ONT Airport goes bigger and bolder with its welcome sign SInce 1998, the sign that welcomed travelers to Ontario International Airport (ONT) in Southern California was sort of mousy and looked like this. Now, as part of its campaign to up its visibility in real life and in passengers’ minds, the very charming and convenient →

PHX Sky Train birthday. Check out the terrazzo floors.

04/08/25

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) marked the birthday of its Sky Train, which started operating on April 8, 2013 with three stations. Today, the PHX Sky Train has 6 stations, each with wonderful terrazzo flooring commissioned by the city’s public art program. Two stations, the Rental Car Center Station and the 24th Street Station →

Things we miss at airports: telephones

04/08/25

Yes, it seems that almost every traveler has a telephone in their pocket or purse these days. But we spotted this photo of a bank of pay phones at New York’s LaGuardia Airport dated 1981 and got a wee bit nostalgic. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress →

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Are airlines and airports getting better at welcoming travelers with disabilities?

01/24/25

(This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared first for The Points Guy site) Over the past two years, 25.6 million travelers with disabilities have taken a total of 76.9 million trips and have spent almost $50 billion on travel per year. When you add their travel companions to the equation, this →

Museum Monday: Airport Trading Cards

03/14/22

The collectibles department at Stuck at The Airport was thrilled to receive a package this week from our friends at Airport Council International-North America. Inside was an almost complete set of the colorful collectible trading cards airports around the country have been issuing every few years since 2014. The number of participating airports has grown →

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JFK loo a finalist in America’s Best Restroom contest

07/20/21

The finalists for the 2021 America’s Best Restroom contest. are out and we’re pleased to see a restroom in an airport on the list. That doesn’t happen very often. Which airport makes the list this year? JFK Airport’s Terminal 4, operated by JFKIAT, gets the nod. The lavs on the list are located on the →

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Old & new at TPA and DCA Airports + Places We’ll Go

04/20/21

Welcome to Stuck at The Airport. Today we take a look back at some sweet photos from 50 years at Tampa International Airport (TPA). We get a look at some snaps from the new 14-gate concourse at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). And we put some new items on our “Places To Go” list →

Why we want to fly to Auckland Int’l Airport

04/07/21

We’re (finally) getting serious about planning plane trips and visiting airports. And one airport on our “to do” list for when borders reopen is Auckland International Airport (AKL) in New Zealand. Especially now that we know about an award-winning landscape project by the San Francisco-based landscape architecture and urban planning firm Surfacedesign. The six-square-mile design →

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