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Yes, that was a giant chicken at Denver Int’l Airport

02/22/26

For a lot of travelers the routine is get through security, grab a snack, find the gate, grab a seat and then zone out with what’s on their phone. But here’s a great reason to stay alert, look around and and glance out the window. Especially at Denver International Airport. Lucky ducks who looked out →

Events

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Fun new flights to Dollywood and Roswell, N.M

02/18/26

The theories about lizard people, secret underground bunkers and resident extraterrestials at Denver International Airport (DEN) have been swirling for years. Now we may have proof. This week DEN and United Airlines celebrated the inaugural flight of United’s year round nonstop service between DEN and Roswell Air Center (ROW). The Roswell site is linked to →

Flights

Travel tidbits from airports near you

02/11/26

The Stuck at the Airport team is in Vancouver, B.C. this week eating oysters, visiting museums and galleries and going shopping for valentine gifts. We’re keeping an eye on the airport beat, though, and sharing (below) some fun tidbits from airports in Pittsburgh, Houston and Denver. Pittsburgh’s new airport terminal gets a new play area →

Places we want to go. Things we want to do.

12/15/25

Lots of people are taking this week to look back at some of their favorite adventures from the past year. And we will too. But let’s start the week with a round-up of some of the “want” activities and destinations we’ve been keeping in our inbox. A while back we spent 10 days in South →

Holidays

Places we’d go. Things we don’t want to miss.

09/05/25

Las Vegas wants you Visitor numbers to Las Vegas have been declining. And the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is rolling out a national “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” campaign to lure visitors back. In addition to the 60-second TV ad (below) that was launched during Thursday’s NFL season opener between the Dallas Cowboys →

Vacations

August line-up for DEN’s Concerts on the Fly

07/17/25

Tickets will soon be released for the free outdoor summer concert series, Concerts on the Fly, at Denver International Airport (DEN). The concerts will take place each Sunday from July 27 through August 31 and run from 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. on DEN’s 82,000-square-foot open-air plaza, located between the south end of the Jeppesen Terminal and →

Music

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Free mini-golf at Denver International Airport

06/03/25

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to get some fresh air during a layover? A few airports around the country have outdoor decks where you can do this. And one of them is Denver International Airport (DEN), which has three post-security outdoor decks with comfortable seating, firepits, views of the airfield and pet relief →

Sports

Airport attractions: horses, stars & free cards for moms

05/08/25

Whoa, Nellie: thoroughbreds at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport They’re not flying horses. But if you’re flying through Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) you can take a selfie with a horse. The 150th Preakness Stakes – the second race in the Triple Crown series of thoroughbred horse races – takes place at Pimlico Race Course in →

Events

Happy 30th birthday, Denver International Airport

03/03/25

Thirty years ago, on February 28, 1995, the future staff of StuckatTheAirport.com was having a hard time leaving Denver’s Stapleton International Airport. It wasn’t that we loved that airport so much. It was because operations were switching over from Stapleton to the brand new Denver International Airport (DEN) facilities, 19 miles down the road. And, →

Airport Terminals

Two airports get new play areas for kids

01/19/25

Airport play areas come in handy if you’re traveling with kids who need to burn off some energy before the flight. We can’t promise you that all airports offer this amenity, but we’re pleased to share news of two airports with fresh play spaces for kids. In South Carolina, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) is teaming →

Kids

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