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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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Swords to Plowshares at Orlando International Airport

06/06/08

Taking the family to Disneyworld this summer? Be sure to spend some time exploring the art at Orlando International Airport (MCO). The permanent art collection includes this oh-so-appropriate piece by Duane Hanson titled The Traveler. (It’s in the Main Terminal, Airside 2 security checkpoint). Through September 30, there’s also an intriguing collection of World War →

Orlando International Airport

Beware the ‘dreaded year-end nose pickers’

06/05/08

So you pay through the nose for an airline ticket, fly across country on an overstuffed airplane, and make your way into town hoping to spend a few hours viewing treasures in a quiet museum gallery. But when you arrive, the museum is filled with hordes of school kids on a year-end field trip. Find →

Save a life on a layover at Detroit Metro Airport

06/05/08

AEDs – Automated External Defibrillators – are standard items at airports these days and there have been plenty of instances where these devices have made the difference in saving lives. Do you know how an AED works? I don’t and I should. We all should. And if you have a few minutes to spare at →

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

Forbes confirms: We’ll all be stuck at the airport

06/04/08

In her Forbes article titled “America’s Most Time Draining Airports,” Rebecca Ruiz reports on the Forbes analysis of 2007 Bureau of Transportation statistics for 100 of the largest airports. (The full table of delay statistics is here.) No surprise – Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) tops the list as “the nation’s worst airport for delays.” →

Love that airport food?

06/04/08

At Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, you just might. Chef Tim Love, the guy who wears a cowboy hat instead of a toque and who is known as “the foremost pioneer of urban Western cuisine,” has brought his tasty fare to DFW airport – in grab ‘n go form. HMS Host is featuring Chef Love’s creations at →

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Win an airport shopping spree at PHL

06/03/08

I’m a big fan of doing a bit of shopping when I’m at an airport. And a big fan of airports that offer plenty of interesting shopping options and, occasionally, free stuff. So it’s great news that the Philadelphia Marketplace at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this June with “special events, →