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20 airports you can visit without a plane ticket

01/05/26

Airport guest pass programs allow non-ticketed guests to go through the security checkpoint and access the secure side of a terminal to dine, shop, see the art and spend more time with family and friends. Currently, about 20 airports offer this service. And each airport has its own set of rules for how many guests →

Harriet Baskas

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Visit these airports without a ticket to fly

10/27/25

Shall we just blame the delay on the flamingo? Back in 2019, Tampa International Airport (TPA) was one of the earliest airports to establish a program that allows non-flyers past security so they can shop, dine, meet arriving passengers or go with a traveler to the gate. And like other airports with gate pass programs, →

Marvelous miniature aircraft at the SFO Museum

10/26/25

(Fokker T-2 model aircraft) Here’s a great airport exibit for avgeeks, model builders or anyone who loves marvelous, hand-crafted items and get to the pre-security area of the International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). (Douglas World Cruiser Chicago model aircraft) From now through March 2027 (so you have some time to make your plans…) the →

Travel tidbits: Friday roundup

10/23/25

It’s been a busy week at Stuck at the Airport headquarters with some exciting projects in the works and we’ve been setting aside these travel tidbits to share with you for this Friday round-up. Airport and airline news (The Dreams We Carry,” by Kipp Kobayashi, in Concourse G at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Courtesy of →

IND Airport exhibit celebrates Indianapolis Children’s Museum at 100

10/22/25

The Indianapolis International Airport (IND) partnered with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis last spring to install a 33-foot T. rex fossil in the pre-security Civic Plaza as part of the year-long celebration of the museum’s 100th birthday. Now the two institutions are coming together againg to present a exhibit at the airport’s KIND Gallery titled “Memories, →

Robert Rauschenberg was an avgeek

10/20/25

(“Mercury Zero Summer Glut” 1987, courtesy Robert Rauschenberg Foundation) October 22 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of postmodern artist Robert Rauschberg, who died in 2008 and this year there are wide range of exhibitions and activities to mark the centennial. One of those is Smithsonian Books’ publication of The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the →

More airports add food pantries for federal employees and refuse to air DHS video

10/16/25

The Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is joining the list of airports organizing and paying for food and supply pantries to assist federal employees who are not being paid during the federal government shutdown. These workers include Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) workers who are considered essentional workers and →