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SEA Airport gets a mascot

SEA Airport gets a mascot

12/05/24
Mascots. Sports teams have them. Schools have them. Theme parks have them. And airports have them too. The Stuck at the Airport team has encountered cute mascots at airports nationwide and around the world and is delighted that our home airport, Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SEA) now has one too. Just in time for the […]
Tidbits for Travelers

Tidbits for Travelers

09/20/24
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at PHL Airport Now through October 15, 2024, watch for events at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) celebrating Hispanic and Latino culture. The lineup includes craft workshops, salsa dance lessons, heritage talks and samplings of churros and other foods from around the world. See the full schedule here. JetBlue plans to open lounges in NY […]
Where is the world’s busiest airport?

Where is the world’s busiest airport?

07/16/24
Airports Council International (ACI) World tallies airline traffic numbers each year and the trade group just released the official list of the busiest airports in the world in 2023. A preliminary list was released in April. And, as it did then, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) tops the list for passenger traffic, followed by Dubai […]
Should there be a National Museum of Pop Culture? + a PDX airport trial run

Should there be a National Museum of Pop Culture? + a PDX airport trial run

06/26/24
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

More airport libraries, please

04/16/24
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.

ATL is the world’s busiest airport. Again.

04/15/24
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?

Is it OK for both SFO & OAK airports to have ‘San Francisco in their names?

04/03/24
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 […]
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