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Airports celebrate Louis Armstrong and choose carpets and art

Airports celebrate Louis Armstrong and choose carpets and art

08/04/26
Back in August 2001, New Orleans International Airport (MSY) officiall became Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in honor of the famous native-born musician’s 100th birthday, which is on August 4. (Not July 4 as Armstrong often claimed). To honor its namesake, today – August 4 – MSY Airport is hosting an airport-wide birthday celebration […]
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Marking Amelia Earhart’s birthday

Marking Amelia Earhart’s birthday

07/24/26
The StuckatTheAirport airport review team is heading to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) for a short residency and, if we had them, we’d be filling our Amelia Earhart-branded suitcases with our gear. (image from Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections) According to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Earhart luggage was sold into […]
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Robot airport car park + summer travel incentives

07/23/26
Robot car parking Yesterday, we were remembering out adventures with mascot Gary Gatwick at London Gatwick Airport around the time JetBlue kicked off its Boston-London Gatwick flights. Today we learn that the airport is introducing robotic airport parking. Time to go back and see what else is new at Gatwick Airport. New Orleans will give […]
Jimothy is on the move + What’s up at Gatwick Airport?

Jimothy is on the move + What’s up at Gatwick Airport?

07/22/26
Jimothy, the short-spined raccoon from Seattle that has become a viral social media sensation this summer, is getting around. Airports and airlines are reporting sightings. And, on top of t-shirts, artwork of all sorts, tattoos and other “we love Jimothy” expressions, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame has already rolled out a Jimothy bobbleheadn ( […]
Travel tidbits from ORD, PHX, EDI & other airports

Travel tidbits from ORD, PHX, EDI & other airports

07/21/26
The StuckatTheAirport.com team has been out looking for Jimothy, who lives in our Seattle neighborhood, but we’re keeping an eye on airport activities too. Here are few tidbits that caught our attention. Another model train at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport A winner for Airport Amenity of the Week a few weeks back, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) […]
Everyone has gone Jimothy crazy

Everyone has gone Jimothy crazy

07/20/26
(Image by Seattle’s Ryan Henry Ward – ‘Henry’) [This post has been updated] The world has gone crazy for ‘Jimothy,’ an odd-shaped raccoon from Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood that showed up on social media over the weekend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kiana (@c1vrgr1) Images of Jimothy have already shown up in […]
No cigars at DTW Airport + Coin toss at GSP Airport

No cigars at DTW Airport + Coin toss at GSP Airport

07/16/26
Go ahead, toss a coin in a fountain at GSP Airport Travelers love Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport’s (GSP) many fountains. And people love to toss coins into the airport’s fountains. So the airport has decided to launch a formal charitable program to put those coins to good use. The airport’s new GSP Change for Good, program […]
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