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Gate passes; jet travel; and art fans

08/29/21

Sharing some of the stories we’ve written recently for our friends over at The Points Guy site: Airport gate pass programs are back Before the pandemic, a handful of airports around the country offered gate pass programs that allowed non-ticketed visitors to join ticketed passengers on the security checkpoint lines and on the secure side of […]

Museum Monday: Math at the SFO Museum

08/02/21

The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has kicked off yet another exhibition that might make you miss your next flight. This one is all about mathematics. Mathematics: Vintage and Modern displays slide rules, early calculating machines, and other math-related objects from the past. Included are teaching tools that help students learn arithmetic, geometry, […]

Fresh art at LAX, RNO, and SFO Airports

07/26/21

Here at Stuck at the Airport, we’re big fans of the art and history exhibits passengers can enjoy while waiting for their planes. And we’re delighted to see that – pandemic or not – airport art programs are marching forward. At Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) there’s a new LA Scenes group exhibition in Terminal […]

Airports, airplanes & Alexander Calder

07/23/21

July 22 was artist Alexander Calder’s birthday, giving us an excuse to share some photos of his work in airports and on airplanes. The photo above is of Calder in 1957 inspecting the installation of his work originally titled .125, after the gauge of the aluminum elements in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International […]

Fresh art at Miami Int’l Airport

07/01/21

UFOs have been in the news lately. So we are pleased to see a piece of art featuring a UFO included in a new exhibition at Miami International Airport. Key West and Other Unusual Places includes printed works by Miami-based visual artists and printmakers Brian Reedy and Tom Virgin. Reedy has a fascination with the […]

This and that from an airport near you

06/29/21

Some people scroll through TikTok dances at the end of the day. We click through the airport and airline news on Twitter. Here are some items we stopped to read Tuesday evening. Leave the fireworks at home July 4th is going to be a busy time at airports and long security lines might make tempers […]

PDX Airport’s Construction Comic

06/08/21

Here’s a great idea. There’s a lot of construction going on at Portland International Airport (PDX) right now. And lots of detours in the terminal for travelers. So the airport with its own movie theater is getting arty and using a comic to spread the word about what’s going on. Oregon-based artist Aki Ruiz teamed up […]

SFO Museum Aviation Exhibition
Alisa Eagleston, Conservator

Stuck at The Airport: Tuesday Tidbits

05/31/21

Still not vaccinated? MIA Airport can help A COVID-19 vaccination site at Miami International Airport will be providing free one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to all individuals 18 and older daily through June 18, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for June 8-9. Walk-ups are accepted with no appointment or pre-registration necessary. The vaccination […]

Travel Tidbits from airports Here and There

05/24/21

Some tidbits from museums – and musicians – from around the world to get your week started. Flashy Fashion Photos at John Wayne Airport A new exhibit in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal at John Wayne Airport features photography by Kurt Weston. The images are inspired by the glamourous window displays of Orange County’s Fashion […]

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