For Presidents’ Day, here’s a roundup of U.S. aiports named for presidents 1. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 2. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) 3. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 4. Gerald Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, Michigan 5. Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) – Springfield, Illinois 6. Bill and Hillary […]
The Stuck at the Airport team is in London this week on a trip organized by our friends at Gatwick Airport (LGW). The assignment? Find out if it’s easy to land at Gatwick Airport on a flight from the U.S. See if it’s easy to take public transit to and from the airport to London, […]
Fans of roller skating, fun at-the-airport activities, and the landmark TWA Hotel at JFK Airport (i.e.: everyone) will be looking forward to the return of the hotel’s retro-style roller skating rink. The Roll-A-Rama at the Runway Rink opens for the season on April 15. The checkered rink is located by the hotel’s 1958 Lockheed Constellation “Connie” […]
July 22 was artist Alexander Calder’s birthday, giving us an excuse to share some photos of his work in airports and on airplanes. The photo above is of Calder in 1957 inspecting the installation of his work originally titled .125, after the gauge of the aluminum elements in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International […]
The finalists for the 2021 America’s Best Restroom contest. are out and we’re pleased to see a restroom in an airport on the list. That doesn’t happen very often. Which airport makes the list this year? JFK Airport’s Terminal 4, operated by JFKIAT, gets the nod. The lavs on the list are located on the […]
For Presidents’ Day, here’s a roundup of U.S. aiports named for presidents 1. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 2. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) 3. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 4. Gerald Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, Michigan 5. Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) – Springfield, Illinois 6. Bill and Hillary […]
The Stuck at the Airport team is in London this week on a trip organized by our friends at Gatwick Airport (LGW). The assignment? Find out if it’s easy to land at Gatwick Airport on a flight from the U.S. See if it’s easy to take public transit to and from the airport to London, […]
Fans of roller skating, fun at-the-airport activities, and the landmark TWA Hotel at JFK Airport (i.e.: everyone) will be looking forward to the return of the hotel’s retro-style roller skating rink. The Roll-A-Rama at the Runway Rink opens for the season on April 15. The checkered rink is located by the hotel’s 1958 Lockheed Constellation “Connie” […]
July 22 was artist Alexander Calder’s birthday, giving us an excuse to share some photos of his work in airports and on airplanes. The photo above is of Calder in 1957 inspecting the installation of his work originally titled .125, after the gauge of the aluminum elements in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International […]
The finalists for the 2021 America’s Best Restroom contest. are out and we’re pleased to see a restroom in an airport on the list. That doesn’t happen very often. Which airport makes the list this year? JFK Airport’s Terminal 4, operated by JFKIAT, gets the nod. The lavs on the list are located on the […]
Air travel is back on, but what about fun activities at airports? That’s back on too. At least at New York’s JFK Airport, where the TWA Hotel adjacent to Terminal 5 is operating a summer roller rink next to the hotel’s 1958 Lockheed Constellation “Connie” airplane. A 50-minute skating session costs $20 per adult and […]
As travelers, we are all too familiar with the search for a clean public restroom. We also know the delight of entering a public bathroom that is not just clean but blessed with quirk and charm. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, clean and super-sanitized public restrooms are even more important. So, we […]
