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In Spokane, WA: Celebrating a World’s Fair + a Hotel Amenity Fee to enjoy

05/13/24

The Stuck at the Airport team is a longtime fan of Spokane, WA. The city is home to, among other treasures, a giant red Radio Flyer wagon. Its airport, Spokane International (GEG), offers a free car wash to anyone who uses the parking garage. In 1974, this eastern Washington city became the smallest city to […]

Free WiFi – and more – at Spokane Int’l Airport

08/23/11

Spokane Int'l Airport now offering free Wi-Fi and, starting in September, free luggage carts.

Fresh – flying – art at Spokane International Airport

08/24/10

There’s a fresh piece of art at Spokane International Airport in eastern Washington. But you’ll have to look up to see it. Louise Kodis’ new textile sculpture “Conversations Between Clouds” in now installed in the rotunda of the airport. The sculpture is a flock of three dimensional floating shapes suspended under the ceiling and is […]

Souvenir Sunday at Spokane Int’l Airport

07/25/10

Traffic was slow heading into Spokane International Airport on Friday because most drivers had their eyes on the sky. I don’t blame them: the USAF Thunderbirds and other military flight demonstration teams were practicing for this weekend’s Skyfest 2010 at Fairchild Air Force Base. Inside the airport, flights were delayed while practice flights took place. […]

Embedded with the elves: North Pole Fantasy Flights

12/24/09

The security checkpoint at Spokane International Airport is usually a quiet, orderly place. But earlier this month “It was a mad house,” says TSA screener Julee McCully. Carolers were crooning Christmas classics in the terminal lobby. Eighty of Santa’s elves were trying to get sixty kids from this year’s “nice” list through security for secret […]

Inside Santa’s Flight Center at the North Pole

12/14/09

On Saturday, while everyone else was plotting how to get a first view of the 787 Dreamliner during its (probable) Tuesday test flight, I joined a group of children from Spokane for a flight to the North Pole. One of the perks of being welcomed into the elf brigade for the night was a visit […]

Flying Toaster at Spokane International Airport

08/07/09

There was a little problem at lift off (something broke during installation) but a fun, new sculpture with a 14-foot wingspan, the Aer O Toaster, can now be seen inside the terminal at Spokane International Airport. Artist Ken Yuhasz says his toaster is based on the classic late ’30’s Sunbeam toaster – the ‘Flying Toaster’ […]

Party time for Southwest Airlines in the northwest

06/06/09

Today ( Saturday, June 6, 2009) if you’re flying to or through Seattle-Tacoma (SEA), Portland (PDX), and Spokane (GEG) airports, go over to the Southwest Airlines gates and ticket counters and see if you can get it on their party. The airline is celebrating 15 years of service to these airports with history and trivia […]

Greetings from Spokane International Airport

07/21/08

After a lovely week touring Spokane, Washington, I spent a few hours hanging around Spokane International Airport. While disappointed at having to pay to use wireless Internet at the airport (I was spoiled: all downtown Spokane is a free Wi-Fi zone) I was delighted to find the Simply Northwest shop filled with a surprising selection […]

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