Albany International Airport Archives

Charming new playspace at Albany Int’l Airport

11/07/25

Airports across the country are dealing wiht the fallout of having federal workers being forced to show up and work without pay and, now, the chaos and confusion cause by the FAA-mandated reduction in flights. But there are still fresh airport amenities to celebrate. Like this charming new spot on Concourse B at Albany International →

Fresh (upcycled) art at Albany Int’l Airport

09/02/25

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) and Southwest Airlines are marking 25 years of Southwest service to the Capital Region with art. A new large-scale sculpture titled Treasure Map, by Hudson Valley artist Ruby Palmer, is now on display in the terminal. The work was made entirely of aircraft seat leather from Southwest’s Repurpose with →

Stuck at the Airport: Art at Albany Int’l Airport

08/09/23

(Artist: Sharon Bates) Art – and a smartly curated art program – can turn a long wait at an airport into a rewarding cultural adventure. And the team at New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) caught onto that fact early on. The airport created an Art & Culture Program back in 1998 when only a →

Fresh art at Albany Int’l Airport

09/15/22

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) is getting ready to debut a new exhibition. The sculptures and prints in the Lumen exhibition are by Shaina Gates, Heather Hutchison, and Ben Godward. And all the works in the exhibition are engaged with or activated by light. “Visitors will experience shifts in the dimension and character of →

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Airport news from Miami and Albany Int’l Airports

07/10/22

Flying somewhere this week? If you are, it’s a good bet you may find yourself stuck at the airport somewhere longer than you intended. But we’re here to keep you up-to-date on some of the on-the-ground amenities that might keep you informed and entertained. Miami Int’l Airport has a LEGO Store Salt Lake City International →

Fresh airport art from SFO, PHL, & Albany Int’l Airports

04/20/22

SFO Museum presents an exhibit about art from pineapple leaves At SFO: From Pineapple to Piña: A Philippine Textile Treasure The newest exhibit from the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is about textiles made from pineapple leaves. “Unique to the Philippines, piña is an extraordinary textile made by weaving the fibers of →

“Sunrise Sunset” at Albany International Airport

04/18/21

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) will soon debut a new art exhibit. Sunrise Sunset features work by 46 artists and runs from May 15-August 30, 2021. The show is in the airport’s new redeveloped pre-security Gallery and in the post-security Concourse A Gallery. Sunrises and sunsets have long been rendered and allegorized to signify →

ALB: 5 Things We Love About Albany International Airport

08/13/20

The “5 Things We Love About…” series on StuckatTheAirport.com celebrates features and amenities at airports around the country and the world. Today we’re landing at New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB), once known as “the aerial crossroads of the Northeast.” ALB: 5 Things We Love About Albany International Airport 1. The Reading Lounge at ALB →