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“Green Art” at Tampa Int’l National Airport

04/12/23

The plants in your home, your workplace, or the airport you’re passing through boost moods and brighten the surroundings. Live greenery also helps clean indoor spaces by absorbing harmful toxins in the air. Tampa International Airport (TPA) gets that and makes sure to have live plants in the terminals at all times. Not just some →

Travel Tidbits from Airports Near You

03/30/23

Where We’re Going Happy Friday! We’re heading off to visit Victoria International Airport (YYJ) today to learn about their great art collection, their new pollinator garden, the BC Aviation Museum (next door), and all the shops and the restaurants. But mostly we’re excited about getting to visit the in-airport branch of Victoria Distillers, makers of →

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Celebrate Art and Science at PHX Airport Event

03/20/23

The Phoenix Airport Museum at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is hosting a “Night at the Museum” event on Friday, March 24. The program runs from 4-7 pm (not overnight) and celebrates the Museum’s current Artist and Researcher exhibition presenting art inspired by science. For the exhibition, nine local artists were paired with local →

Some of SFO Museum’s #52 Objects

03/01/23

As far as we know, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is one of just two airports in the country that has an onsite museum program accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. (Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the other one.) Pretty much everything the SFO Museum displays in the terminals from its own collection →

Art Tour Of The New Kansas City International Airport (MCI)

02/27/23

When the new 1-million-square-foot terminal at Kansas City International Airport (MCI) officially opens on February 28, $5.6 million in newly commissioned art will be on display. Here are images of some of the key pieces: “Fountain (KCI)” by Leo Villareal “Molten Swing” by Soo Sunny Park “The Air Up There” by Nick Cave “Ornithology” by →

100 Music Legends in 1 Mural At New Orleans International Airport

02/26/23

Alaska Airlines canceled our direct flight from Washington, DC to Seattle, WA on Sunday. And the rebooked route home gave the Stuck at The Airport team the gift of a 7-hour layover at New Orleans International Airport (MSY). That gave us plenty of time to check out the fun shops, the bars, and the restaurants. →

What’s Inside The New Terminal A at Newark Liberty Int’l Airport (EWR)

01/16/23

We haven’t been there in person just yet. But we’re delighted to see the photos the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is sharing of the new $2.7-billion terminal Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The new terminal replaces the old Terminal A which first opened in 1973 and features fresh →

Airport Terminals

Toy Airplanes at St. Louis Lambert Int’l Airport

12/22/22

Fans of toy airplanes will enjoy the Toys Take Flight exhibit on view through the end of March 2023 in the Lambert Gallery at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL). “Toy airplanes have been around longer than airplanes themselves,” the exhibit notes tell us. “The earliest model airplane, a glider powered by a rubber band, →

TPA’s Flamingo Needs a Name

11/28/22

Tampa International Airport (TPA) is hosting a contest to pick a name for the impossible-to-miss, 21-foot flamingo that now lives in the airport’s main terminal. The artwork is by artist Matthew Mazzota and is officially titled “HOME.” But TPA would like the flamingo to have its own name. And they’ll give a nice prize to →

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Travel Tidbits

10/05/22

Better rest times for flight attendants On Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration finalized rules requiring airlines to give airline flight attendants at least 10 hours of rest time between shifts. Under existing rules, flight attendants get at least nine hours of rest time. However, due to a variety of circumstances, that time off often →

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