Airports

TSA rules don’t clearly forbid it—but scanners, metal detectors, and officers may still have other ideas. You’re packed, prepared, and feeling smug about TSA PreCheck. Shoes stay on, laptop stays …

There are plenty of airport signs you can ignore without consequence. And then there are the ones that make you do a double-take… even when you’re sitting in seat 18C …

The term “tarmac” dates back to a specific road material once used at airports—but modern runways are built from entirely different surfaces. Tarmac. We’ve been using the word for what …

A viral TikTok has sparked debate after a traveler shared a workaround that avoids airport Uber surge pricing by taking a free hotel shuttle first—raising questions about fairness, ethics, and …

We plan for late flights as if it were the default setting in air travel. Not because we’re pessimists, but because experience teaches you to expect it. Airlines build in …

Most people, when on a plane, tend to err on the side of “doing the right thing.” They use their inside voice, they try to keep to themselves, they don’t …

Years ago, before smartphones, taking a picture meant having a camera and film with you. You also needed adequate lighting, or if that wasn’t available, some sort of flashbulb to …

If you’ve ever been sitting or standing near an airport gate before a flight, there’s a chance that you’ve heard a printer that’s spewing out seemingly infinite amounts of paper. …

When we think about airports, we typically figure they’re always doing SOMETHING, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. And for the most part, that’s …

For the past couple of years, Orlando International Airport (MCO) flirted with a big, familiar airport idea: build a single, consolidated rental car facility that would serve Terminals A, B, …