Politics & Policy
April 9, 2024
More Laws Texas’s Junior Senator Might Write to Favor Himself
Everyone hates dealing with airport security. Ted Cruz has a solution that would benefit Ted Cruz and very few others.
Airports
Critters
May 29, 2023
In Wichita Falls, Airport Officials Are Waging War on Egrets
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a bird crashing into a plane!
Art
November 1, 2022
A Massive Aquarium Has Popped Up in the Strangest—and Most Stressful—of Places
Artist Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee has installed a soothing, glittering exhibit at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Travel & Outdoors
July 28, 2022
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Hundreds of Dedicated Aviation Geeks Who Traveled to Dallas to Watch a Flight Land
“Plane spotters” gather in and around airports to marvel at (and photograph) their favorite flights—and Texan spotters just got to witness the descent of the largest passenger plane in the world.
Critters
May 21, 2018
Why Are So Many Baboons Escaping From Their Cages in San Antonio Lately?
Spoiler: We have no idea, but 2018 is wild.
The Daily Post
July 12, 2017
IAH Now Has Turn-By-Turn Directions for People Walking Around The Airport
As if people in airports needed more reason to stare at their phones.
Business
January 21, 2013
International Flights from Hobby Airport to Start in 2015
Houston Hobby is set to become an international airport after the Houston City Council voted to allow Southwest to build an international terminal to fly to Latin America.
Business
January 21, 2013
Will Hobby Become an International Airport?
United and Southwest are squabbling over whether Houston Hobby should become an international airport. Which airline will prevail?
Travel & Outdoors
November 1, 2000
Airport 2000
These days, a plane trip can entail more time in the terminal than in the air. But why get stressed when you can have a massage, taste Texas wines, go for a jog, check your e-mail—even eat gumbo while watching (other people’s) planes take off? A survivor’s guide to DFW,
Travel & Outdoors
November 1, 1989
So You’re Stuck at the Airport
Your jet’s lagging. You’re sick of reading and people-watching. Cheer up: just a gate away might be great chili, a shopping mall, or even a place to pray.
Business
December 1, 1988
$3,000,000,000
Now that he’s got it, what does Ross Perot plan to do with it?
News & Politics
December 1, 1987
All Choked Up
A ground war at the Dallas–Fort Worth Airport is turning innocent passengers into anxious bystanders.
Business
December 1, 1973
Airport!
Dallas and Fort Worth boosters may have pushed their cities into the 21st century when they opened the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport this September.