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Harriet Baskas
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Award-winning journalist happiest in an airport or an unusual museum.
Work appears (or has) on NBC News, CNBC, USA TODAY, The Points Guy, NW Travel & Life, more...
Latest book: "111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss."
Site: StuckatTheAirport.com
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Places the scruffy little suitcase wants to go. We're happy to tag along.

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Including: Vancouver, BC; Maui, Hawaii, and Indianapolis,IND
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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2 airports, 2 governors (and a restaurant chain) have 'friendly wagers' on the outcome of today's Big Game.

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Airports, governors place bets on the Big Game - Stuck at the Airport
Lots of people have placed lots of bets on the outcome of the Big Game on Sunday, February 8, between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. That includes the officials at Seattle-Tacoma I...
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February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Holograms helping Bay Area airports welcome Super Bowl fans.

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Holograms help welcome Super Bowl fans to Bay Area airports - Stuck at the Airport
Bay Area airports are rolling out creative welcome mats for the thousands of sports fans who are flying in for Super Bowl LX. In addition to creative signage, activities, selfie-spots and pop-up merch...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Today through 2/16: There's a pop-up marriage license bureau at the Las Vegas airport, making it easier than ever to fly in to get hitched.

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Pick up your marriage license at the Las Vegas airport - Stuck at the Airport
Here’s a great airport amenity for lovebirds planning on getting married in Las Vegas during February – Wedding Month – especially on or around Valentine’s Day, which lands on a Saturday this year. To...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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In airport news:

A new concourse, new foosball tables & and a cool, crossborder flight.

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Travel tidbits from BDL, PHX and IAH airports - Stuck at the Airport
Shiny new concourse at Bradley International Airport We’re loving the look of this concourse at Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor, CT, which is an extension of the existing Terminal A and...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Stop in for the souvenirs & the selfie station, but stay for the cool artifacts at the free mini-Mob Museum at Harry Reid Int'l Airport in Las Vegas.

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How to find Mob artifacts at LAS Airport - Stuck at the Airport
The Stuck at the Airport team loves airports and adores museums. So we were delighted to learn that Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas is now home to a branch of the Las Vegas Mob Mus...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Bay Area airports are prepped and very excited to welcome Super Bowl LX fans.

Heading that way??

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Airports celebrate Super Bowl LX & its fans - Stuck at the Airport
Super Bowl LX will be played on Feburary 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California and will pit the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots. 68,500 ticket holders will get to see ...
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February 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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A $546 million facelift for the north end of SEA Airport means a faster journey from curb to gate for Alaska Airlines passengers & lots of new public art for everyone.

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#airports #airlines #artinairports

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Full facelift for the north end of SEA's main terminal - Stuck at the Airport
For the past two years, passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) have had to put up with an obstacle course of ever-changing construction walls, detours and rerouting at the north end ...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Seattle's Museum of Flight has put Wonder Woman's invisible plane on temporary display.

It's the aircraft she could control with her.. tiara!

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A rare glimpse of Wonder Woman's invisible plane - Stuck at the Airport
Wonder Woman’s Invisible Plane is a rare gem in the collection of Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Acquired by the museum in April 1, 2013, the museum keeps this curious and precious artifact in a secret l...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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The 2025 Top 10 list of the wacky ways passengers try to sneak guns, ammo, drugs, knives & other taboo items past airport security is here.

Plus: bonus throwback to the best/original (more fun...) list from 2016.

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TSA's Top 10 'Catches' of 2025 - Stuck at the Airport
Bullets hidden in strawberry Nesquik and tinfoil, a shot gun concealed in a golf bag and, the classic – drugs tucked inside shoes – all made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s recent...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Makes perfect sense!

Road trip...
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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What happens to suitcases left behind at airports?
Sometimes, big art.

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#airports #ArtatAirports #lostandfound
Art inspired by forgotten items at Istanbul Airport - Stuck at the Airport
An exhibition at Istanbul Airport (IST) created by artist, TV personality, comedian and actor Beyazıt Öztürk is inspired by the imagined stories of the suitcases and other things left behind at the ai...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Airlines, airports, travelers bracing for Winter Storm Fern.

Here are links to current airline travel waiver policies.

Let us know how it's going. And if you see airport snow plows with the cute names.

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Links to the airline travel waivers ahead of Winter Storm Fern - Stuck at the Airport
This map from the Weather Chanel is chilling in so many ways. If, like us, you’ve got any flights or other travel planned in the next few days, in or out of the path of this major storm predicted to d...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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One airport goes big & bold; another raises the bar(s).

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One airport goes big, another raises the bar - Stuck at the Airport
ONT Airport goes bigger and bolder with its welcome sign SInce 1998, the sign that welcomed travelers to Ontario International Airport (ONT) in Southern California was sort of mousy and looked like th...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Places we’d stay: Waldorf Astoria New York
For the lobby. For the pool (if we could afford a residence..).

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January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Free movies at these U.S. airports.

Grab some popcorn.

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Free movies at these airports - Stuck at the Airport
Sadly, you can no longer watch first-run films at the Skyport Cinema, which operated from the early 1950s into the mid-1970s Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Nor can you stop into the three mov...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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A cool hotel room in Nashville. Pricey (no suprise) Super Bowl 2026 stays. And how the Chicago airports plans to make more money.

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A cool hotel room, pricey Super Bowl stays + an airport funding idea - Stuck at the Airport
We have three travel tidbits for you today. A cool hotel room in Nashville. Not so surprising Super Bowl LX hotel pricing. And an idea Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport is toying with. First, Nas...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Yes, that is an archived/old image! The newer ones in the post are prettier.
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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The giant L-A-X and the colored pylons that have been at LAX Airport for 25 years must go to - to make room for a better roadway.

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Bye, Bye LAX lighted pylons - Stuck at the Airport
The iconic ring of 15 pylons and the giant 32-foot-tall L-A-X letters that have marked and illuminated the entrance to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in a wide variety of patterns and colors ...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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20 airports you can visit without a plane ticket.

Eat, shop, tour the art, planespot, & spend more time with friends and family.

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20 airports you can visit without a plane ticket - Stuck at the Airport
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 frie...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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This morning, red sand was poured into cracks at the airport to raise human trafficking awareness.

The red sand represents those who have fallen through the cracks and serves as a reminder of why prevention matters.

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Photo of red sand being poured into sidewalk cracks during a Red Sand Project at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. Photo showing red sand filling the cracks of brick steps following a Red Sand Project event at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
January 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas has slots, an aviation museum, bag claim liquor store & temp. marriage license bureau for Valentine's Day.

Now: A Mob Museum store with mini-Mob Museum.

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The Mob Museum lands at LAS airport - Stuck at the Airport
Las Vegas, Nevada grew into a gambling mecca thanks in no small part to organized crime. You can learn all about the city’s mob history at the downtown Las Vegas Mob Museum, also known as the National...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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News from an airline, an airport and a hotel lobby.

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January 15, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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News from 2 airports (OKC and DAL) and a hot museum.

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Airport tidbits + a hot museum - Stuck at the Airport
OKC Airport fun facts We love the souvenir “Tornado Seeds” (candy) we picked up at Will Rogers International Airport (OKC). And the huge terrazzo floor installation by Matt Goad celebrating Oklahoma’s...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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In or around Seattle today? (Jan. 12)

Join me for fun & free Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau program about very old food at the Ballard Northwest Senior Center at 1 pm.

Laugh, cry, think, learn.

(Show up around noon to get a hearty lunch for just $5.)

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January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM