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Ready for winter travel? BWI Airport is.

10/26/26

In summer, thunderstorms may delay or cancel your flight. In winter, it’s snow. And ice. And, as BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport reminds us, during a winter weather event a lot of players —airport personnel, the airlines, and the FAA — work together to keep everyone safe. “The airlines are responsible for flight operations and de-icing […]

Harriet Baskas

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The history of airline meals in 7 courses – in Seattle

KLM reveals miniature Delft Blue house #107

United’s status match offer (do it) + more AmEx lounges

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

Tickets for new Qantas 18-hour nonstop flight between New York & Sydney begin August 2027

World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Ready for winter travel? BWI Airport is.

10/26/26

Very old food and classic old cars

10/23/26

Our museum team is on assigment in Tacoma, WA this week and hit the jackpot on day one in terms of treasures that tickle our fancy. When in Tacoma, we always stop in at the Washington State History Museum to visit our buddies, Dave and Dandy, the now-taxidermied oxen that pulled the covered wagon pioneer […]

PIT Airport’s first airside terrace helps fuel a trend

10/22/26

Passengers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) now have access to a post-security outdoor terrace. The outdoor space is one of four outdoor terraces (two landside; two airside) in PIT’s new landside terminal builing that opened in November, 2025, designed Gensler and HDR in association with luis vidal + architects. This 1,000-squre-foot airside terrace is near […]

Changi Airport’s late night terminal party

10/21/26

Big airports operate around the clock with red eye departures and early morning arrivals. Singapore’s Changi Airport knows all about that. Close to 8000 passenger flights are scheduled to depart Changi between midnight and 6 am in just this quarter, a 17% increase over last year at this time. Over the course of the year, […]

Changi Airport

How to save money on food at airports

10/20/26

{This is a slighlty different version of our story that appeared on Fodor’s Travel} Airport food is notoriously expensive. And telling travelers with no airline status or expensive branded credit card to “just go to the lounge” doesn’t cut it. So here are some tips that will help the rest of us save some cash […]

TSA delays Gateside by PreCheck+ Airport Trick or Treating + New Airport Trading Cards

10/18/26

Stuck at the Airport is a big fan of the free airport gate pass programs that allow non-ticketed visitors to go to the secure side of the airport to walk friends and family to the gate, greet someone getting off the plane, or just hang out at the airport to shop, eat or watch planes […]