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Very old food and classic old cars

10/23/26

Our museum team is on assigment in Tacoma, WA this week and hit the jackpot on day one in terms of treasures that tickle our fancy. When in Tacoma, we always stop in at the Washington State History Museum to visit our buddies, Dave and Dandy, the now-taxidermied oxen that pulled the covered wagon pioneer […]

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Airport and Airline Resources

The history of airline meals in 7 courses – in Seattle

KLM reveals miniature Delft Blue house #107

United’s status match offer (do it) + more AmEx lounges

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

Tickets for new Qantas 18-hour nonstop flight between New York & Sydney begin August 2027

World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Happy 30th birthday, Denver International Airport

03/03/25

Thirty years ago, on February 28, 1995, the future staff of StuckatTheAirport.com was having a hard time leaving Denver’s Stapleton International Airport. It wasn’t that we loved that airport so much. It was because operations were switching over from Stapleton to the brand new Denver International Airport (DEN) facilities, 19 miles down the road. And, […]

Cool places to go. Great things to see. Many free.

02/27/25

It’s Friday. Finally. So we are digging into the inbox to share some of the messages we’ve saved about cool places we’d love to go and great things we’d love to see. As always, we give bonus points for anything cool and free. Visit Vessel for free The “Vessel” structure at Hudson Yards in New […]

Finnish airplane hotel (with sauna). And a museum in a Chinese airport.

02/24/25

The Stuck at the Airport team visited Finland, loved it and Helsinki Airport – and we’re now scheming to go back. If we do, we’ll try to book a stay at the Ilmatar Airplane Lodge, which the folks at Visit Finland let us know is housed inside a SAAB 340b passenger airplane once operated by […]

Collectors: get an airport trading card on National Trading Card Day

02/23/25

February 24 is National Trading Card Day and a good time to remind travelers that many airports (and some airlines) have trading cards. Airports Council International-North America, a membership organization for airports and aviation-related businesses, created a trading card program for airports back in 2014. About 100 airports now participate in the program with cards […]

IND airport exhibit honors Hoosiers in Flight

02/20/25

The Indianapolis Airport Authority and the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame join forces for a new exhibit at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) honoring Hoosiers in Flight. The exhibit honors Hoosier natives and state institutions with significant roles in aviation history and is located in the IND Bag Claim, near Carousel 3. The list includes the first […]

Travel tidbits from airports near you

02/19/25

Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) has a cool new art car on display in Terminal A. It’s called the “Karmadillo” – for obvious reasons – and is being referred to as the “most Texas ride ever.” Agree? SEA Airport’s N Concourse celebrates a concession milestone When it officially opened at the end of 2021, the […]