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TPA and DSM privatizing airport security (federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-ri...) as part of TSA Gold+ (www.tsa.gov/goldplus) which looks like a variation/follow-on program to the Screening Partnership Program (www.tsa.gov/for-industry...)
Cassidy International Airport, CXI/PLCH, Christmas Island/Kiritimati, Kiribati #airportarchitecture #avgeek
The ORD Pit status: no sign of Andy Dwyer. Soon to extend to C1/C3 per www.ordsafe.com/_files/ugd/9...
Borrowing a key to Zurich (www.zuerich.com/en/visit/att...) looks really interesting and fun (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOfj...) for next time I'm there
Zurich's Map, Explained | Switzerland
YouTube video by Daniel Steiner
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BOS 07/114 BOS AD AP FUEL NOT AVBL 2607060053-2607061600 seems not good
After dealing with thunderstorms all day yesterday, www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... about post World War II aviation thunderstorm research was a good read in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
When a Team of Meteorologists and Combat Pilots Set Out to Understand Thunderstorms, They Made Flying Safer for Everyone
The sky was a very dangerous place in the early days of commercial aviation. By flying into storms to learn how they worked, these experts made air travel and weather forecasting much more predictable
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That June 2026 DOT Air Travel Consumer Report also contains the first month of SFO's runway construction and restrictions on parallel landings, with on-time performance almost 20% below the total across the top 30 and down over 20% from March 2026. Spoiler alert: on-time % got worse in May 2026.
Rob@robdx.bsky.social · last mo.Trying to arrive before 1pm seems best, although I guess that's true of many airports in the top 30 in the June 2026 DOT Air Travel Consumer Report, covering April 2026 delays (www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...)
LBB 06/229 LBB TWY M BTN TWY Q AND TWY F WIP PRAIRIE DOG MOUNDS MOUNDS IN GRASS AREA NORTH OF M 2606261414-2606261800
www.staralliance.com/en/news-arti... Asiana exiting Star Alliance Dec 16, 2026
News Article - Star Alliance
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For #wingwednesday, an Algarve variety pack: Edelweiss A340-300 at FAO/LPFR with ATC tower watching, Jet2 B737 over the packed marina, BA A321 over the lagoon, and TAP and Brussels Airlines Airbuses from inside a former convent #avgeek #algarve
The Additional details in the comments for the ORD GDP tonight... bsky.app/profile/faab...
FAA Airport Updates@faabot.paxex.aero · 2mo agoGround delay program updated at Chicago OHare International (ORD) since 2026-06-10 19:10 CDT affecting : ALL CONTIGUOUS US DEP until 2026-06-11 02:59 CDT due to thunderstorms. Average delay is 5:36; max 24:57. Additional details here.✈️⏱️ #AvGeek
2026 ORD Gate Allocations, taking effect in October: www.flychicago.com/business/med... Major changes appear to be AA +7, UA -4 #avgeek #ord (2025 release at www.flychicago.com/business/med...)
Statement from the Chicago Department of Aviation on the 2026 Gate Reallocation Process
On Friday, May 29, the CDA issued the final gate layout for O’Hare International Airport as part of the 2026 gate reallocation process, triggered in January by American Airlines in accordance with the...
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The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) had to shut down a couple months ago and now they're selling simulators (www.1940airterminal.org/news/liquida...) and nose of a DC-6 (www.1940airterminal.org/news/liquida...)
From a Letter to Airmen (LTA-NCT-104 notams.aim.faa.gov/lta/main/vie...) issued a few days ago, effective today, but probably not actually active until tomorrow, SFO may start "gate hold" or "departure metering" procedures (instructions will be in ATIS atis.info/KSFO) due to the runway repaving #sfo
!BOS 04/475 BOS RWY 14/32 CLSD 2604231917-2604302359 #avgeek
FAA Airport Updates@faabot.paxex.aero · 3mo agoGround stop program in effect at General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) since 2026-04-23 15:22 EDT affecting flights from ZDC/ZNY/ZOB/ZBW/CYHZ/CYOW/CYUL/CYYZ/CYTZ/CYQB until 2026-04-23 16:15 EDT due to runway maintenance. Additional details here.✈️🛑 #AvGeek
www.gob.mx/presidencia/... says the AIFA (Mexico City Felipe Ángeles International Airport, NLU/MMSM) train will start service on Sunday April 26 (cc @airlineflyer.net @crankyflier.com)
Versión estenográfica. Conferencia de prensa de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo del 20 de abril de 2026
Conferencia encabezada por la presidenta de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, desde Palacio Nacional
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Miembro de IATA at the Malaga Aviation Museum (AGP/LEMG) (Museo Aeronautico de Malaga/Museo de Aeropuertos, Navegacion y Transporte Aereo de Malaga) #avgeek
IATA@iata.org · 4mo ago🎉 We're turning 81! 🎂 To celebrate, we're proud to unveil the IATA Heritage Collection, which brings together more than 130 artifacts to help tell the story of international civil aviation and IATA’s place within it. More on this growing archive: https://bit.ly/4cwvDLT
For #wingwednesday Tango Squadron Air Museum at Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX/VTCC). Unfortunately, I didn't have time to stop in. I apparently also have zero decent photos I can find of Spirit Airlines aircraft...
Oof: agencias.iberia.com/en-es/notici... Iberia temporarily suspends flights to Cuba starting in June until November, with frequency reductions the rest of this month and May, even with a fuel stop in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ/MDSD)
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Rob@robdx.bsky.social · 6mo agoNo Jet A1 fuel at HAV/MUHA starting in just over a day: A0356/26 NOTAMN Q) MUFH/QFUAU/IV/NBO/A/000/999/2259N08225W003 A) MUHA B) 2602100500 C) 2603110500 E) JET A1 FUEL NOT AVBL Issue Date UTC: 02/08/2026 2230
travel scoop: global entry is back www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
Trump Administration to Restart Global Entry Program
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Seeing this made me wonder: there's MSP serving the Twin Cities; TRI and PSC serving their respective Tri-Cities, and MLI serving the Quad Cities. Any other Tri- or Quad- or Penta- Cities Airports? #avgeek
RWA@aviationlibrarian.bsky.social · 5mo agoDo you spy a DC-9? . Pasco Washington Tri-Cities Airport Postcard. . #TriCitiesAirport #PascoWashington #AirportTerminal #MidCenturyArchitecture #VintagePostcard #PacificNorthwest #Aviation #AirportArchitecture #Ephemera #Avgeek #Postcards #Travel
Always a fan of a retrojet celebrating a 100 year anniversary (even if the 100th was a while ago and even if there's a jetbridge in the way) #avgeek
@middleseatview.bsky.social says to one 'Go' and he goes; she says to another 'Come' and he comes
Kendall 🛩️@tacotuesgay.bsky.social · 6mo ago27C was the correct answer to my guess, and spotting around there is difficult. Behold my poor attempt