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Seed art on display at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

07/10/26

A fun new exhibit on view at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) features a very Minnesotan art tradition: crop (or seed) art. The seed‑crafted mosaics on display feature curated and award-winning selections from the more than 450 entries of crop art entered into the 2025 Minnesota State Fair Crop Art and Scarecrow Competition, which debuted […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

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

TSA’s downloadable 2026 Canine Calendar

12/31/25

If you love dogs and need a 2026 calendar, you’re in luck. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has just released a downloadable 2026 TSA Canine Calendar featuring 13 of the more than 1,000 explosives detection canines that work at U.S. airports. They are a good looking and hard working bunch. The 2026 TSA Canine Calendar line-up […]

Happy New Year!

12/30/25

Here’s to smooth, safe and fun travels in 2026!

Happy New Year

2025 highlight: Pittsburgh International Airport’s new terminal

12/30/25

Pittsburgh International Airport‘s (PIT) new $1.7 billion, 811,000 square-foot landside terminal opened in mid-November, just in time for the busy holiday travel season. The project is designed by the architectural firms Gensler and HDR, in association with luis vidal + architects and also includes upgrades to the airside facilities. We visited a few months before and then at […]

A place to go, a plane to fly + airport art to see

12/28/25

Inbox zero isn’t in the cards for us this year. But in an effort to make some headway, here are some travel tidbits we’ve been holding onto from the past few weeks. Philadelphia’s 52 weeks of firsts (Woodcut by Charles R. Gardner, copyright 1931, The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company) 52 Weeks of Firsts is […]

Airport amenities of the week

12/25/25

(Courtesy Tulsa International Airport) A lot of airports go all out during the holidays to entertain travelers with live music, festive decorations, free gift wrapping, costumed therapy animals, visits from Santa and more. So this week it was especially difficult to choose which airport to feature for the Airport Amenity of the Week. So we […]

Happy Holidays and Safe Travels

12/24/25

A few years back, the Stuck at The Airport holiday crew had the rare treat of returning as an embedded elf on one of the annual Fantasy Flights to the North Pole leaving from Spokane International Airport. Alaska Airlines has been parterning with an incredibly devoted local organization, Northwest North Pole Adventures, since 2008 to […]