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Stuck at the airport? Get a coloring book.

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Friday, August 2 is National Coloring Book Day and a good day to pick up a coloring book at an airport.

Friday, August 2, is National Coloring Book Day, and it’s a good day to pick up – or to download – a free coloring book from your favorite airport.

On Friday, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) will give away copies of its new 20-page PHX Airport Activity Book, filled with word scrambles, crossword puzzles, a matching game and coloring pages. Some of the puzzles are in Spanish.

The giveaway will take place in Terminal 3 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and in Terminal 4 from 1-3 p.m. In Terminal 3, the PHX Navigator Buddy Abby will be on-site for photos and paw-autographs. At Terminal 4 in the afternoon, the airport’s mascot, Amelia the Airplane, will be handing out coloring books and taking photos with passengers. Here’s a preview.  

More airports with coloring books

Here are just a few of the airports around the country with coloring books you can download from their websites or pick up at airport information desks. In some airports, you’ll also get crayons or coloring pencils.

On its website, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) has four downloadable issues of coloring books starring airport ambassador, Aussie the Flying Pup.

In Chicago, coloring books for both O’Hare and Midway Airports are available in Spanish and in English.

Tulsa International Airport (TUL) has an activity and coloring book created by a local artist.

And on its website, NASA has enough free coloring pages to fill the galaxy!

Aces for airports on National Card Playing Day

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(Courtesy of the Phoenix Airport Museum)

December 28 was National Card Playing Day, so the Stuck at the Airport games department asked the teams from the Phoenix Airport Museum at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) to share pictures of some of their favorite airline playing cards from the more than 300 decks in their Aviation History Collection. Here’s what they sent.

PHX wasn’t the only airport shuffling the decks on National Playing Card Day. Orlando International Airport (MCO) gave away some of their MCO-branded card decks to some lucky travelers.

We also did an online search through the airline playing cards in the collection of the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and found some cool decks.

Airports Celebrate National Trivia Day

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We gathered up some of the factoids airports, the FAA, NASA, and others shared for National Trivia Day, January 4.

Test your knowledge. Learn some factoids. And let us know what we missed.

Free ice skating is back at DEN Airport

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Now here’s a great, free airport amenity:

The Denver International Airport (DEN) ice skating rink is back for its fifth season.

The rink took a two-year pandemic pause. But it’s back. And from ow through January 1, 2023 passengers and airport visitors – even visitors from other planets – are invited to ice-skate for free on the outdoor plaza between the DEN terminal and the Westin Hotel.

The DEN ice-skating rink is open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting.

The skate shop offers free ice skate “rentals” in multiple sizes and is located inside the Westin hotel on the west side near Tivoli Restaurant and Brewery.

Refreshments and holiday treats are available for purchase in the skate shop and, for those who just want to hang out, there’s outdoor lounge seating.

The ice rink is located pre-security and is just steps from RTD’s A-Line commuter rail station at DEN, or a short walk from the airport parking garages.

Let’s make this Airport Amenity of the Week!