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Pandemic art at Long Beach Airport

03/18/21
There’s a new pandemic-themed art exhibit at Long Beach Airport (LGB). The exhibition features work by local women artists commissioned by the airport and the Arts Council for Long Beach (ARTSLB). The 20 pieces chosen reflect uplifting and hopeful messages related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Titled “We Got This: Art in the Time of the Pandemic,” the →

Cool new COVID-fighting airport amenities

10/06/20
Airports are rolling out new COVID-fighting amenities faster than we can keep up with them. Here are few I’ll be talking about this week during the virtual Travel 2021 Summit taking place on October 7 and 8. We’ll be talking about airports and airlines on Thursday at 10 a.m. east coast time. The line-up includes →

LGB: 5 Things We Love About Long Beach Airport

08/17/20
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 California’s Long Beach Airport.  Founded in 1923 it is the oldest municipally owned airport in California. Keep in mind that some amenities we list here may not currently be available →

Marvelous mosaics in Long Beach Airport

12/01/12
On Wednesday, December 5th, California’s Long Beach Airport (LGB) will unveil an expanded and upgraded passenger concourse in its Art Deco style terminal building, complete with a garden court and new local retail outlets and eateries. Of special interest are the Works Progress Administration (WPA) mosaics by Grace Clements that were (re)discovered when the maintenance →

Solar powered airports? Yup!

04/29/09
Earth Hour, Earth Day and Earth Month may be over for this year, but the trend to go green is becoming a year-round thing at many airports.   Rare is the terminals that doesn’t at least have recycling bins these days.  And now many airports are embracing solar power and wind power. My recent column in →
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