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Airport Amenity of the Week: SFO’s Golden Gate Park ‘activation’

08/26/22

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has an ongoing program celebrating the city’s neighborhoods and cultural events. The newest activation shines a light on the rich history of live music performances in Golden Gate Park with a photo essay, live performances, and a photo station in Terminal 3, Boarding Area F. “From Jimi Hendrix in the →

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First Nations Welcome Figure lands at Vancouver Int’l Airport

07/21/22

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is well-known for its impressive art program featuring the work of many First Nations people. Throughout and around the airport, passengers see art that draws on and invokes the themes of land, sea and sky. This week, the Vancouver Airport Authority righted a past cultural wrong in the airport art program →

Phoenix Sky Harbor Int’l Airport debuts its eighth new concourse

06/20/22

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) begins welcoming passengers at a new concourse today. The new, state-of-the-art, eight-gate concourse will be used soley by Southwest Airlines. Amenities include charging stations in every seat, an Animal Relief Area, a Family Restroom and a Nursing Room. Hearing loop connectivity allows those with hearing devices to connect to →

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5 Things We Love About HEL – Helsinki Airport

06/09/22

Beyond, or perhaps we should say despite, its great airport code – HEL- Helsinki Airport, operated by Finavia, offers travelers some charming and thoughtful amenities in its new main terminal. Here are some snaps from a tour on our way home from a week exploring Finland after joining Finnair on the first flight from Seattle →

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Art scavenger hunt at PHL Airport

05/30/22

This summer, passengers at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) have a fun way to spend their dwell time, engage with art, and maybe win a prize. In PHL’s Art Puzzle Challenge guests seated at the airport’s large B-C food court will find tabletop decals with a scannable QR code. The code is also on B and →

Year-round poetry at Indianapolis International Airport

04/29/22

Indianapolis International Airport (IND) hosted a Poetry Day this week with poetry readings and live music in honor of National Poetry Month. But there’s poetry at IND year-round. A video exhibit on Concourse A features a selection of poems by Mari Evans, one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement. A poem by Mari →

Airport Amenity of the Week: PHL flight pins

04/22/22

The Airport Amenity of the Week is Philadelphia International Airport’s (PHL) celebration of summer flights marked by a collection of artist-made pins. We spotted them in a tweet a while back and admired them. And PHL was kind enough to send a batch to Stuck at the Airport’s headquarters. The package was larger than we →

What I learned about Dallas Love Field Airport

04/10/22

The team that produces “Love Field Stories,” the official podcast of Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), was kind enough to include me as a guest for two upcoming episodes. The two-parter delves into the unique history of the airport and highlights some of the wonderful art that can be spotted in and around the terminal. →

Fresh art at Miami International Airport

04/08/22

Pollinators art exhibition at MIA celebrates South Florida plants Pollinators, the newest art exhibition at Miami International Airport, features watercolor and mixed media works that give a close-up view of plants from South Florida and their animal and insect pollinators. Focusing on these complex natural relationships, members of the Tropical Botanic Artists Collective illustrated birds, →

Spring has sprung – in art – at PHX Airport

03/24/22

The newest exhibition at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) offers an artistic look at the wide variety of plant and animal life in Arizona and the Sonoran Desert with work by 21 artists. The diverse selection of artworks, all from the Phoenix Airport Museum’s own collection, includes a realistic bronze tortoise family, an embroidered →

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