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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 […]

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

World’s Busiest Airport in 2025?

07/15/26

Air travel is facing real challenges in 2026, what with fuel costs, rising airfares, war in the Middle East and a disinclination of international visitors to come to the United States, where even hosting the World Cup games didn’t seem to help. Recent statistics from the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that international passengers […]

Dating tips for fliers from CLE Airport

07/14/26

Here’s a ‘meet-cute on an airplane’ story that has gone viral, thanks to the help of social media. A young woman named Grace set off for vacation on an early Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) last week. But the flight was delayed by a maintenance issue. Rather than be irritated by […]

Museum Monday: The Concord Museum

07/13/26

The StuckatTheAirport.com team is on the move this week celebrating milestones and visiting museums. Paul Revere’s lantern and very old tea at the Concord Museum The Concord Museum is located in Concord, Massachusetts – the town where the “shot heard around the world” sparked the American Revolution. As you may imagine, the museum’s collection includes […]

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 […]

Best airports, according to Travel + Leisure readers

07/08/26

There are loads of “best” lists when it comes to travel. And Travel + Leisure’s World’s highly regarded “World’s Best” awards were just released for a wide variety of travel categories based on more than 600,000 votes cast by more than 200,000 of its readers. Domestic and International Airports were voted on under the “Trains, […]

World's Best Airports

Large and small wooden spherical sculptures with cutouts, displayed in a modern airport terminal.

Hats off to the new artwork at Denver International Airport

07/08/26

We’re loving this new exhibition by artist Terry Maker that recently rolled into Denver International Airport (DEN). The work is called ‘Cowgirl Hat Ball’ and it has two parts. The larger sphere is made with more than 500 straw western hats attached to a wooden 10-foot diameter wooden structure. The smaller version, which Maker calls […]