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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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Sea-Tac Airport: “Pay no attention to the dead people on the runway”

07/30/08

The Federal Aviation Administration requires airports to test their airfield disaster preparedness and response at least once every three years. That’s probably a good thing. But airport runways are busy places, so it’s sort of hard to go all out and have a “true to life” test of what it would be like if there →

Bikes and free tickets at Portland International Airport

07/29/08

At Oregon’s Portland International Airport, (PDX) travelers can enter a contest to win a pair of round-trip tickets from Portland to any Southwest Airlines destination. The contest is part of the airport’s Summer Splash celebration and runs until Labor Day. You can enter the contest in person at the airport or on-line here. If you →

Birdwatching at San Diego International Airport

07/28/08

The folks at San Diego International Airport are keeping busy this summer. There are all sorts of new art and history exhibits going up, (including one about surfing; stay tuned) and a full schedule of “Terminals to Tarmac” tours. In addition to showing off the airport’s great collection of public art, the rest areas for →

Those magnificent folks in their flying machines

07/27/08

Not sure if this is really an “airshow,” but if you can’t afford to fly to anywhere this summer you might enjoy attending – or even competing in – the Red Bull Flugtag. Taking its name from the German for “flying day,” and touching down riverside in various cities around the world since 1991, the →

Red Bull Flugtag

Afro-Cuban Art at John Wayne Airport

07/25/08

From now through the end of August, paintings by Cuban-born artist Viredo (just “Viredo”) are on display at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal. Viredo’s paintings are inspired by the complex Afro-Cuban culture of his childhood in Regla, Cuba. Here’s a sample: (Carmen 1998 – Courtesy Viredo and John Wayne Airport) →

John Wayne Airport

Happy Birthday to the First Lady of Flight

07/24/08

Amelia Earhart, one of the world’s most famous aviators, was born on this day in Atchison, Kansas in 1898. You can learn all about “the Golden Girl of Aviation,” or “Lady Lindy,” and see statues of her in various spots around the country, including the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison and at the Bob →