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How to get airport and airline trading cards

02/25/26
February 24 is National Trading Card Day, but if you’re a traveler you can celebrate anytime. That’s because many airports and airlines have trading cards that are free for the asking year round. Airports Council International-North America, the membership organization for airports, created the trading card program for airports back in 2014. More than 100 […]

Happy 90th birthday, Phoenix Sky Harbor Int’l Airport. Party on!

07/30/25
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), which calls itself ‘America’s Friendliest Airport,’ was surely the funnest airport to be at this week during an anniversary party commemorating the purchase of the rural airport in 1935. 90 years ago, ‘Sky Harbor’ was nicknamed ‘The Farm’ time because of its location. And back then, the purchase price […]

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 […]

Button, button, who’s got an Orlando Airport button?

11/04/24
Here’s something free you can pick up at an airport. Orlando International Airport (MCO) will unveil a new logo on November 13. Before that happens, passengers can pick up a free souvenir button on their travels through the airport. There are three different buttons in the “Memories Created in Orlando” program. And with each one the airport […]

Airport Trading Cards: Season 2

10/05/15
In September 2014, airports in the United States and Canada introduced a line of collectible airport trading cards featuring iconic terminal images on one side and geographic information, facts, figures and historical information on the back. There are now more than 60 airports with their own trading cards and this week Lambert-St. Louis International, one […]
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