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Tibits for travelers: Free Wi-Fi at Nashville Airport; new exhibits at John Wayne and Atlanta airports

10/22/10
Free Wi-Fi at Nashville International Airport Someday there will be free Wi-Fi at all airports. In the meantime, we keep score and take what we can get. Here’s one to add to the list: “Soon,” says the October 2010 newsletter from Nashville International Airport, passengers will be able to get 20 minutes of free Wi-Fi →

Coming soon – if you’re lucky – to an airport near you

10/14/10
My At the Airport column for USAToday.com this month, Coming soon – if you’re lucky – to an airport near you, features some of the new amenities I saw on exhibit in Philadelphia at the recent conference of Airports Council International – North America, or ACI-NA. During the conference, workshops were offered on everything from →

Museum Monday: 75 years at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

10/10/10
There are more than 700 aviation and space-related museums in this country. Each Monday we try to profile one of them.  Eventually we’ll visit them all. This week, we’re stopping at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which has an exhibit of photos, videos and historic memorabilia celebrating its 75th anniversary. According to airport history notes, →

Souvenir Sunday: Bellingham International Airport

10/10/10
Each Sunday here at StuckatTheAirport.com is Souvenir Sunday, the day we take a look at some of the fun, inexpensive and local items for sale at airports. This week’s souvenirs come from Washington’s Bellingham International Airport, a tiny airport just south of the Canadian border and 90 miles north of Seattle. Allegiant, Alaska and Horizon →

Site visit: Bellingham International Airport (BLI)

10/08/10
Bellingham International Airport (BLI) is a tiny little airport just south of Vancouver, B.C. and about 90 miles north of Seattle. In 2004, about 70,000 passengers boarded planes at this airport. But then Alaska/Horizon Airlines and Allegiant Air began expanding their flight schedules here. Now service is offered to cool places such as Las Vegas, →

Museum Monday: Liverpool John Lennon Airport

10/04/10
On Saturday, October 9th, fans around the world will mark what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. One place they remember Lennon year-round is at the Liverpool John Lennon Airport: Outside the airport, they’ve got this Yellow Submarine: Inside the airport, there’s a statue of John Lennon Song lyrics written by John Lennon And →

Las Vegas Airport contest; Phoenix Airport thank-you

10/02/10
Here’s another reason to pay attention to airports: you could win a free trip. Or at least some free popcorn Oakland International Airport just announced the winning photos in its What You Do With The Extra Hour Is Up To You photo contest. Three winners won vacations just for sending in photos depicting how they’d →

Cigars and pashimas at the airport

09/28/10
I spent the day walking the aisles of the exhibition hall at the annual conference of  ACI-NA: Airports Council International – North America, being held this week in Pittsburgh. I’ll be writing a column for USA TODAY on some of the intriguing services and amenities on the horizon for travelers, but wanted to share a →
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