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We popped into Portland, Oregon

08/07/26

The Stuck at the Airport team is exploring all the scheduled routes SeaPort Airlines flies in Oregon and Washington, beginning with a quick trip from Seattle’s King County International Airport (BFI) to the Business Aviation terminal right next to Portland International Airport (PDX). For this quick trip we saved significant time by taking advantage of […]

Harriet Baskas

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3 things: soccer artifacts + free hotel stays + a FIFA livery

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

“Save a life, not a bag” campaign for air travelers

Alaska Airlines debuts swanky PDX lounge + SEA & MIA Airports celebrate soccer

Horizon Air’s fun ‘Toy Story 5’ livery

Alaska Airlines now flies between Seattle and London

JetBlue’s Blueprint livery is back

See KLM’s new limited-edition miniature Delft Blue House

Flight attendant fashion at the Museum of Flight

How to find Mob artifacts at LAS Airport

02/02/26

The Stuck at the Airport team loves airports and adores museums. So we were delighted to learn that Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas is now home to a branch of the Las Vegas Mob Museum, which is also known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. The main Mob Museum […]

Harry Reid International Airport

Airports celebrate Super Bowl LX & its fans

01/31/26

Super Bowl LX will be played on Feburary 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California and will pit the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots. 68,500 ticket holders will get to see the game live in the stadium. Thousands more will be attending Super Bowl Week events throughout the Bay Area all […]

Super Bowl LX

Full facelift for the north end of SEA main terminal

01/29/26

For the past two years, passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) have had to put up with an obstacle course of ever-changing construction walls, detours and rerouting at the north end of the main terminal. Most notably the hassles have been in the lobby area where Alaska Airlines has its counters for check in and […]

A rare glimpse of Wonder Woman’s invisible plane

01/28/26

Wonder Woman’s Invisible Plane is a rare gem in the collection of Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Acquired by the museum in April 1, 2013, the museum keeps this curious and precious artifact in a secret location and rarely puts it on display. But the departure of the large-scale MiG-21 Project featuring a decommissioned Soviet MiG-21 […]

TSA’s Top 10 ‘Catches’ of 2025

01/27/26

Bullets hidden in strawberry Nesquik and tinfoil, a shot gun concealed in a golf bag and, the classic – drugs tucked inside shoes – all made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s recently released Top 10 list of best ‘catches’ for 2025. Here’s the full list, in countdown order, along with airport where the offending […]

Art inspired by forgotten items at Istanbul Airport

01/26/26

An exhibition at Istanbul Airport (IST) created by artist, TV personality, comedian and actor Beyazıt Öztürk is inspired by the imagined stories of the suitcases and other things left behind at the airport. Titled, appropriately enough, “Thing(s),” the exhibition features the “Thing” sculpture, which incorporates elements of an actual bag claim conveyor belt into a […]