Coat check services will be available inside the pre-security Summerfest Marketplace store at MKE starting November 1, which is probably just about the time Wisconsin residents start thinking a vacation in Florida or Hawaii sounds like a really great idea.
The service will be available seven days per week through April 1 for just two dollars per day, with a maximum charge of ten dollars.
And the coat check service will stay open until the final flight of the day arrives even, MKE promises, if there’s a delay.
We’re nominating this for Airport Amenity of the Week.
“This nonstop service on Flight CHBZ will depart from the Manyard H. Jackston International Terminal from Gate F8 at 7:30 p.m,” the airport said in a statement,” adding that concessions were going to be serving “Wakandan-inspired dishes pre-flight.”
That flight number, CHBZ, was unusual. But it was a nod to the late Chadwick Bosman, the actor who played film protagonist King T’Challa.
🗣Breaking News: Hartsfield-Jackson announces the return of direct flights to Wakanda! pic.twitter.com/EEkMPFYsJt
This isn’t the first time ATL got into the Wakanda spirit. Back in 2018, when Black Panther debuted, the airport announced that Flight 1234 would be heading to Wakanda as well.
The service is available inside MKE’s Summerfest Marketplace, which is located presecurity in the Airport’s concession mall.
Passengers heading to destinations where the weather promises to be warm can check coats, gloves, and other cold weather gear and travel lighter. When they return, their coats will be warm and waiting for them.
The service is available seven days a week, and is open through the last flight of each day from now until April 1.
This is the fourth year the service is being offered and the cost remains a reasonable $2 per day, with a maximum of $10 per trip.
PDX Carpet Gets Sporty
Courtesy Portland Trailblazers
The iconic carpet pattern that once graced the terminal floors of Portland International Airport (PDX) lives on. And on.
The latest tribute to the flooring design comes from none other than city’s professional baskeball team, the Portland Trailblazers.
They team’s new City Edition Uniform bears a teal sash that is an homage to the PDX Carpet pattern that represented the view of the North and South runways as seen overhead by air traffic controllers. The carpet gained cult status in the 1990s and was replaced in 2015. (But it’s coming back...)
The @trailblazers’ new City Edition Uniform has landed and it pays homage to our iconic carpet ✈️
MKE’s Coat Check service, holiday decor, & Santa sightings
Check your winter coat at MKE
One of the smartest, best, and most reasonably-priced seasonal airport amenities has returned for a third winter to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE): coat check service.
Offered in partnership with Paradies Lagardère inside the pre-security Summerfest Marketplace, the service allows travelers heading to warm clime the option of checking their winter coats for just $2/day or $10 a trip. The service is available 7 days a week and will be offering through at least the beginning of winter.
Santa, elves, and more holiday fun at airports
Like many other travelers, we had to cancel our holiday flights due to COVID-19 concerns. But we’re still keeping an eye on all the fun things airports are rolling out to celebrate the season.
Here are few things we spotted on Wednesday.
It’s the holiday season at PIT, and the airport terminals are decked out with decorations. Thanks for letting PIT be a part of your holiday travels!
We aren't extinguishing the fun yet for this mischievous duo! Amelia and Charlie discovered just how fun our Airport Rescue Fire Fighting team is. Like many of our dedicated teams, ARFF is here supporting the airport 24/7.#BearintheAir2021#Elfontheshelf2021#flyRNOpic.twitter.com/bFxpJoXsPO
— Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (@PHXSkyHarbor) December 22, 2021
And look at these snaps shared by Washington’s IAD & DCA Airports
Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) have done a great job of lighting and decorating the terminals. Thanks so much for sharing the slide show.
The service is back for the third winter season and means passengers setting out from MKE for warm weather destinations don’t have to lug their bulky winter jackets, scarves, and gloves with them on the plane.
They can instead check these items inside Summerfest Marketplace, which is located pre-security and open 7 days a week, and available for all flights.
The cost to check a coat is a reasonable $2 per day, with a maximum charge of $10 per trip.
Great idea! Maybe other airports will begin offering this service as well.
Heading to a warm-weather spot for vacation? Lucky you!
You’ll need your winter coat when you go to the airport and when you come home from your trip.
But you probably don’t need that coat at the beach.
That’s why we love the new coat check amenity at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) that lets travelers check their coats at the recently opened Summerfest Marketplace, located pre-security in the airport’s concession mall.
“Heavy winter coats can take up a lot of space
in luggage. This new option allows travelers to wear their coats to the
airport, leave them with a friendly attendant in the Summerfest Marketplace,
and then claim them after landing back here at MKE.,” Airport Director Brian
Dranzik
Coat check service is $2 a day, with a maximum
charge of ten dollars.
MKE coat check service is great. And wins this week’s Airport Amenity of the Week award. But it isn’t the first airport to offer this service.
Frankfurt Airport offers a winter
coat storage service from October through April for just €0.50 a day in Terminal 1, Concourse B.
And Korean
Air offers a coat storage service at both Incheon International Airport
(Terminal 2) and Gimhae (Busan) International Airport from December through February.
The first five days are complimentary, after that there’s a charge of about $2
a day.
And back in 2014, there was a coat check service for a short while in the JetBlue terminal at JFK.