Marcus Chen - Airport Pin

What are the boards at the airport called

A friend asked me this the other day — like, literally just “what are those boards at the airport called?” — and I realized that...

I have a weird thing about airport information boards. Every time I’m in a terminal, even if I already know my gate, I stop and...

I worked with a regional carrier’s IT team for a stretch a few years back, and honestly, even people inside the industry sometimes can’t explain...

I spent a couple years working adjacent to airport operations (IT side, not the glamorous stuff), and even I had to piece together how all...

Half of it’s outdated, half of it’s written by people who clearly haven’t set foot on a plane since 2006. So here’s my take, from...

I remember when airports were basically just a building you sat in until your plane showed up. Now some of them feel like small cities....

I used to think I was a pretty seasoned flyer until I showed up at an airport I hadn’t been to in two years and...

I fly maybe eight or ten times a year for work, and I still manage to get turned around in airports I’ve been to before....

Half the internet tells you to show up three hours early, the other half says ninety minutes is fine. I’ve been on both sides of...

Everyone’s got a “top 100” list and half the places are sponsored hotels. So I figured I’d keep it simple: three places I’ve actually been...