Portland International Aiport Archives

Free movies at these airports

01/19/26

Sadly, you can no longer watch first-run films at the Skyport Cinema, which operated from the early 1950s into the mid-1970s Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Nor can you stop into the three movie theaters (and the skating rink) that operated from 1975 until 1978 in the lobby area of the Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), […]

Airports

Airports deck the halls for the holidays

12/15/25

Here’s a quick tour of some of the festive decorations and holiday events at airports this year. And some tips on when Santa might be at your airport. At Portland International Airport (PDX), there will be free cider and crafts for kids on Saturday, December 20 all day long at the Loyal Legion beer hall […]

Holidays

Travel Tidbits from airports near you

09/05/24

Happy Friday! Here are some travel tidbits we’ve spotted over the past few days. Airport WiFi. Free now, but it wasn’t then. We remember when free airport WiFi was hard to come by. Now, almost every airport you visit offers free WiFi for a few hours or the entire time you’re there. Norfolk International Airport […]

Free Stuff

Powell’s Books’ new chapter at PDX Airport

06/12/24

World’s largest independent bookstore returning to one of the world’s coolest airports Portland, Oregon’s Powell’s Books, the world’s largest new and used bookstore, operated a shop at Portland International Airport (PDX) for over 30 years. But the shop closed in July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. And in a tweet announcing its departure, Powell’s said, […]