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Should there be a National Museum of Pop Culture? + a PDX airport trial run
Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), home to exhibits and experiences celebrating rock and roll music, science fiction and other expressions of popular culture, wants to The National Museum of Pop Culture. And this week a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to get the process in […]
More airport libraries, please
Little Free Libraries and Take a Book/Leave a Book racks can be found at more and more airports. And the Stuck at The Airport literature department is all for it. We especially like this one: a Children’s Lending Library at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) that is the brainchild of an actual child. The library […]
ATL is the world’s busiest airport. Again.
On Monday, Airports Council International (ACI) World unveiled the preliminary list of the top 10 busiest airports worldwide for 2023 and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) once again tops the list. ATL welcomed 104.7 million passengers in 2023, an 11.7% increase over the 2022. Dallas Forth Worth International Airport (DFW), which has for years taken […]
Is it OK for both SFO & OAK airports to have ‘San Francisco in their names?
The Port of Oakland, which operates Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), wants to add “San Francisco” to its official name to raise awareness about its location on the San Francisco Bay. If the plan goes forward, the new name will be San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport instead of Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK). The […]
Airport news from here and there
PIE Airport gave passengers free pie January 23 (Tuesday) was National Pie Day. To celebrate, St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, which has PIE as its airport code, handed out free pies and unveiled a cool “Everyone Loves PIE” sand sculpture. Some travelers even won tickets on Allegiant. ChiBoys at ORD Locally owned clothing brand, Chiboys, now has […]
SFO will rename its International Terminal for Diane Feinstein
The San Francisco Airport Commission approved a resolution to rename the International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for the late Senator and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, who died in September. Feinstein was a big supporter of the airport. She advocated for the construction of the airport’s first International Terminal, which opened in […]
Travel tidbits from airports near you + go here.
Fort Wayne Int’l Airport celebrates passengers with food treats Year-round, Hospitality Hosts at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) welcome passengers with a (wrapped) cookie from a nearby bakery. But this week, during Customer Appreciation Week, the airport has been going above and beyond by treating passengers to a different free, fun food each day. So […]