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Musuem 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 […]

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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

At the SFO Museum: a telephone retrospective

09/01/25

Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective at the SFO Museum We’re calling with a great reason to wish for a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The SFO Museum is presenting a new year-long show about the history and development of telephones. The exhibition, made possible thanks to a loan from the […]

U.S. tourist spots hope Canadian visitors return

08/31/25

(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) The adage “time heals all wounds” is not holding true for Canadian travelers and their desire to vacation in the United States. Visits to the U.S. from Canada are down 25.2%, year to date, with a 37% year-over-year drop in arrivals […]

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Welcoming back, Calder, to PIT Airport

08/28/25

[This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for the Pittsburgh International Airport’s Blue Sky News] Check out the Calder sculpture at PIT Airport It is black and white, weighs 600 pounds and is 28 feet long and equally wide. And it will be impossible to miss it at Pittsburgh International Airport’s […]

Free clothes + cool pups at an airport near you

08/26/25

King’s Hawaiian will swap your clothes at O’Hare Int’l Airport On Wednesday, August 27, and Thursday, August 28, travelers passing through Terminal 2 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) will have a chance to sample King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls and soft pretzel bites – and get some new clothes. The pop-up will be offering free food samples, travel […]

Southwest changing its ‘passengers of size’ policy

08/26/25

Southwest Airlines is changing its policy for those who may need an extra seat Southwest Airlines’ new assigned seating policy goes into effect on January 27, 2026 and on that date, the carrier will also be changing its policy for travelers who don’t fit within the armrest of their seat. Right now, plus-size passengers have […]

Reno-Tahoe Int’l Airport ready for Burning Man

08/24/25

Thousands of the 70,000 to 80,000 people attending the Burning Man 2025 festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert will arrive and depart via Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO). And, as it has in the past, the airport is ready for the Burning Man visitors. The airport partners with Air Playa Info to host a welcome table in […]