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Fresh updates to celebrate at BWI Airport

01/10/26

We love Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) because it is home to this giant, 500-pound Maryland Blue Crab, made by Jackie Leatherbury Douglass and John Frederick Douglass. And because the airport has a pre-security indoor observation gallery with a wide variety of exhibits and viewing spots out to airfied activity. Now there’s more to →

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2025 highlight: Pittsburgh International Airport’s new terminal

12/30/25

Pittsburgh International Airport‘s (PIT) new $1.7 billion, 811,000 square-foot landside terminal opened in mid-November, just in time for the busy holiday travel season. The project is designed by the architectural firms Gensler and HDR, in association with luis vidal + architects and also includes upgrades to the airside facilities. We visited a few months before and then at →

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A good week to visit airports

12/21/25

We’re not flying. But we’re going to the airport The StuckatTheAirport.com holiday team will be spending some time at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) this week. We have no plans to fly anywhere. But SEA, our home base airport, is one of 20 airports that offers day passes to non-ticketed guests. So we’ll be using a →

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Orlando Int’l Airport welcomes non-ticketed guests

12/16/25

Yesterday we shared the news that Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) has joined the growing list of airports that welcome non-ticketed guests with it OAK Guest Pass Program. That brought our list of airports with guest pass programs to 19. Today we learned of one more. Orlando International Airport (MCO) has now rebooted and expanded →

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More airports now welcome non-ticketed guests

12/15/25

We’re delighted that an increasing number of airports are adding gate pass programs that allow non-ticketed guests to go through airport security lanes to shop, dine and spend more time with friends and family. The newest on the list is Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), which rolled out its OAK Guest Pass Program this week. →

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Snaps from Pittsburgh International Airport’s new terminal

11/19/25

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) celebrated the opening of its new $1.7 billion landside terminal building on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The project includes an instanlty iconic pedestrian tunnel, outdoor terraces, a new parking garage, new concessions and lots of art. (Courtesy Pittsburgh Int’l Airport) The Stuck at the Airport team will be getting an indepth →

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Airport coat check is back at this airport

11/18/25

Coat Check Service returns to Milwaukee Mitchell Int’l Airport One our our favorite airport amenities has returned for the winter season. Coat check services are available now through Apirl 1 at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE). The service is set up inside the Summerfest Marketplace store, which is located pre-security in the airport’s concession mall →

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Cambodia’s new, very lovely, very eco airport

10/28/25

Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, is celebrating the recent opening of Techo International Airport (KTI). The $2 billion airport has three runways and replaces the old Phnom Penh International Airport, which was nearly 70 years old and sported only one runway. Located about a dozen miles from the city center, the state-of-the-art terminal is designed by →

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How to best test an airport terminal

09/21/25

You’d think that after hiring the best architects and builders and spending billions of dollars, a new airport terminal would be ready to spring into action when the work is done. But before flights begin to come and go from a new terminal, airports usually run a dress rehearsal day with volunteers pretending to be →

Snaps from San Diego Int’l Airport’s lovely new Terminal 1

09/18/25

San Diego International Airport’s existing Terminal 1, built in 1967, closes on Tuesday, September 23, and the swanky new light-and-art-filled $3.8 billion Terminal 1 officially opens. (A few flights will arrive at new T1 on the evening of September 22). Designed by the Gensler architecture firm in partnership with Turner-Flatiron, the new terminal boasts five →

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