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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 […]

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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

Three museums on our 2026 “go” list

01/11/26

We’re still in travel planning mode for 2026 and, as always, we’re putting a lot of museums on list. Here are few we’d love to visit. Olympic Museum The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will take place from February 6 to 22, 2026 in a variety of Northern Italian cities, including Milan (Milano) and […]

Fresh updates to celebrate at BWI Airport

01/10/26

We love Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) because it is home to this giant, 500-pound Maryland Blue Crab, made by Jackie Leatherbury Douglass and John Frederick Douglass. And because the airport has a pre-security indoor observation gallery with a wide variety of exhibits and viewing spots out to airfied activity. Now there’s more to […]

Baltimore Washington International Airport

Bobblehead Museum celebrates SNL icons

01/08/26

If we’re not in an airport, it’s a good bet we’re in a museum. And this week, on National Bobblehead Day (January 7th – there’s a holiday for everything) it would have been fun to be at the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee, WI, which opened in 2019. The museum, which […]

Is PHX an airport or an art & music venue?

01/08/26

During its 90th birthday celebration in 2025, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) launched a Culture Corner post-security in Terminal 3 that continues to present art, music, special events, hands-on cultural demonstartions and performances. Monthly programming lined up for 2026 includes Ballet Arizona, the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre, the Phoenix Public Library, the Heard Museum, […]

Alaska Airlines’ big, bold Boeing plane order

01/07/26

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is going big in so many ways. There’s the Hawaiian Airlines purchase. The revamp of its loyalty program. And the ever-lengthening, and quite thrilling, list of new destinations. Stuck at The Airport is Seattle-based, and we’re planning trips on Alaska to Tokyo, Seoul and, starting this summer, to London, Rome and Reykjavik, […]

TSA expands Touchless ID + Free Wi-Fi on American Airlines + Places to go

01/06/26

More airports will offer TSA’s PreCheck Touchless ID Having TSA PreCheck cuts down on the time it takes to pass through the airport checkpoint. But if your airport and airline participate in TSA’s PreCheck Touchless ID program, your trip through the security checkpoint could be a bit faster. The program allows opt-in PreCheck travelers to […]