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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

Airports

The Newsletter

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Airport and Airline Resources

News from 1 airline, 1 airport + a hotel lobby

Alaska Airlines’ big, bold Boeing plane order

Planes to fly, places to go & cool things to see

Holiday videos from Icelandair and Austrian Airlines

Despite headwinds, global airlines expect a profitable 2026

Updated airline policies for change/fee waivers due to flight reduction mandate

Shutdown fallout: FAA will reduce air traffic by 10%. Starting Friday

Wee Delft Blue house marks KLM’s 106 birthday

Travel tidbits from airlines, airports & the U.S. governnment shutdown

News from Air Canada + Korean Air + More

Surprise staycation option by SEA Airport

06/24/25

We’re big fans of luxury hotels that are connected to or just steps away from airport terminals. And over the years, we’ve built special-occasion adventures using at-the-airport hotels such as JFK’s TWA Hotel, the Westin Denver International Airport, the Grand Hyatt DFW, the Grand Hyatt at SFO and others as home base. Seattle, our hometown →

Cedarbrook Lodge

Fun updates for Seattle’s MOPOP Museum

06/19/25

For anyone who loves music, science fiction & fantasy and pop culture in any form, then a stop at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture – MOPOP – should be on the ‘go here’ list. The museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It’s had a myriad of transformations since it first opened at Seattle →

Transforming a weapon of war into a colorful work of art

06/18/25

(Courtesy of the MiG-21 Project) Seattle’s Museum of Flight is taking a bold and very colorful step in the world of art and aviation. Starting June 21, the museum is displaying The MiG-21 Project. The installation is the culmination of South African artist Ralph Ziman’s multi-year collaborative effort to cover a decommissioned Cold War-era, Soviet-designed →

Raven Visits SFO.

06/17/25

The Stuck at the Airport team is a big fan of both the work of Seattle-based glass artist Preston Singletary and the impressive exhibits at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) that the SFO Museum puts together. So we’re delighted that the newest SFO Museum exhibition at SFO is Preston Singletary: Raven Visits SFO. The Tlingit →

BWI Airport turns 75. Let’s look at baby pictures.

06/16/25

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) will turn 75 years old on June 24th and is planning celebrations throughout the airport on that date. The airport was originally named Friendship International Airport, as a nod to the local Friendship Methodist Church and surrounding community, but officially changed its name to Baltimore/Washington International Airport in 1973. →

Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport

Airport dads +donuts for dads +dad jokes

06/15/25

We poked around on social media over the weekend to see how airports were marking Father’s Day. We found salutes to airport dads, airports handing out free donuts for dads and some great corny dad jokes. →