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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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Long Beach Airport (LGB) gets the love too

07/01/25

Yesterday, we told you about all the love Portland International Airport (PDX) has been getting. And in listing some of its charms, we neglected to mention the cool, recent rap video about the new main terminal roof. Today, let’s give some to Long Beach Airport (LGB), which came in 2nd, behind PDX, on the list →

Long Beach Airport

PDX Airport is getting a lot of love

07/01/25

Portland International Airport (PDX) has been getting a bonus bout of much-deserved love. Long one of our favorite airports (we’ve flown in just for the shopping and the speakeasy), PDX recently landed at the top of the Washington Post’s list of the 50 best airports in the country, in a Monocle Radio feature and as a →

Stuck at The Airport: free tortillas at SAT

06/29/25

Why NOT free tortillas at the airport? Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B sprang into action with a clever campaign in response to a viral TikTok from an airport security line with the caption “all these people and no one knows I have 200 HEB tortillas in my backpack.” The folks at H-E-B sent a crew to →

Yes, that’s a basketball court at IND Airport

06/26/25

Travelers flying into Indianapolis International Airport (IND) will notice that the airport’s central terminal currently looks like a basketball court. The WNBC All-Star 2025 game is taking place in Indianapolis on July 18 and 19, and the airport is marking the occasion by covering the public Civic Plaza with a replica floor image of the →

Greetings from: Seattle Space Needle & Chihuly Garden & Glass

06/26/25

The last time we visited the 605-foot-tall Seattle Space Needle, local attractions were just opening back up after the COVID shutdowns and we’d been practicing holding our breath for the 43-second elevator ride to the top. (Not that easy…). We returned this week to see (and sprawl on) the rotating glass floor. To get our →

Seattle Space Needle

Travel tidbits from airports near you

06/24/25

Happy Birthday BWI Airport Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) celebrated its 75th birthday on June 24 with parties at various airline gates, refreshments, giveaways and a special water salute by the BWI Marshall Airport Fire and Rescue Department for the 75th daily arrival. Singapore’s Changi Airport is also celebrating a birthday Singapore’s Changi Airport is →