The StuckatTheAirport.com team has been out looking for Jimothy, who lives in our Seattle neighborhood, but we’re keeping an eye on airport activities too. Here are few tidbits that caught our attention. Another model train at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport A winner for Airport Amenity of the Week a few weeks back, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) […]
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 […]
Phoenix Sky Harbor Interational Airport (PHX) is bringing back its 12 Days of Gratitude campaign. Beginning December 4, there will be activities taking place both pre- and post-security in both terminals. Passengers will have the opportunity to win prizes, take their photos with the Airport’s mascot, Amelia the Airplane and with the Navigator Buddies, participate […]
A new exhibition from the Phoenix Airport Museum at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is inspired by a potato-shaped, metal-rich asteroid named Psyche that sits between Mars and Jupiter. On October 12, 2023, NASA plans to launch a spacecraft of the same name on a mission to Psyche. The Psyche spacecraft should arrive at […]
Airports wooing employees with onsite childcare (Our story about childcare centers opening at airports first appeared on NBC News) Trudi Shertzer can’t wait to bring her 8-month-old to work every day. An operations duty manager at Pittsburgh International Airport, she is counting the days until she can drop off her son at a 61-slot child […]
The StuckatTheAirport.com team has been out looking for Jimothy, who lives in our Seattle neighborhood, but we’re keeping an eye on airport activities too. Here are few tidbits that caught our attention. Another model train at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport A winner for Airport Amenity of the Week a few weeks back, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) […]
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 […]
Phoenix Sky Harbor Interational Airport (PHX) is bringing back its 12 Days of Gratitude campaign. Beginning December 4, there will be activities taking place both pre- and post-security in both terminals. Passengers will have the opportunity to win prizes, take their photos with the Airport’s mascot, Amelia the Airplane and with the Navigator Buddies, participate […]
A new exhibition from the Phoenix Airport Museum at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is inspired by a potato-shaped, metal-rich asteroid named Psyche that sits between Mars and Jupiter. On October 12, 2023, NASA plans to launch a spacecraft of the same name on a mission to Psyche. The Psyche spacecraft should arrive at […]
Airports wooing employees with onsite childcare (Our story about childcare centers opening at airports first appeared on NBC News) Trudi Shertzer can’t wait to bring her 8-month-old to work every day. An operations duty manager at Pittsburgh International Airport, she is counting the days until she can drop off her son at a 61-slot child […]
(Photo by Terrence Moore) It’s road trip season. And Route 66 – the Mother Road – running from Chicago to Los Angeles, is the iconic and most historic road trip highway. First opened in 1926, Route 66 later took a back seat to interstate and superhighways that provided a faster and more efficient way to […]
The Phoenix Airport Museum at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is hosting a “Night at the Museum” event on Friday, March 24. The program runs from 4-7 pm (not overnight) and celebrates the Museum’s current Artist and Researcher exhibition presenting art inspired by science. For the exhibition, nine local artists were paired with local […]
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is celebrating 12 Days of Gratitude from December 5 through December 16 with a wide variety of activities. Over the course of the 12 days, events will take place pre-and post-security in both terminals. Travelers and visitors will be able to win prizes and take photos with the airport […]
November is Aviation History Month. And that means it’s a good time to look at aviation history displays at airports around the country. First stop: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX). There, the Phoenix Airport Museum presents numerous history displays. And exhibits are pre-security. Even better, the airport museum has a new Aviation History Guide […]