travel Airport provides slide to help passengers make their flight on time Séamus Bellamy

bad ideas Michigan man calls in bomb threat to delay his flight to LA (the plan backfires) Carla Sinclair

AIRD OF SLEAT Chaos as Heathrow Airport closed for whole day by fire Rob Beschizza

painful returns Scorpion stings woman at Boston Logan International Airport — and the little critter gets away Carla Sinclair

texas United Airlines plane catches fire, forcing passengers to evacuate in Houston (video) Carla Sinclair

mistakes Canadian man arrested with crocodile skull in Delhi airport Rob Beschizza

miserable people Racist hurls ugly insults at United passenger — then faces the consequences (video) Carla Sinclair

airports Hilarity and hysteria ensue when raccoon lands inside NYC airport (video) Allan Rose Hill

airplanes Two Delta planes collided while taxiing, knocking off the smaller one's tail (video) Allan Rose Hill

Funny Florida man wrapped like luggage attempts to check himself at airport (video) Allan Rose Hill

deaths Woman dies at Chicago O'Hare airport "pinned in machinery" of baggage carrousel Carla Sinclair

rave Dance your layover away at Frankfurt airport's raves Rusty Blazenhoff

airport travel Watch a couple ride through the airport in unison while sitting atop their suitcases Popkin

unruly passengers Gentleman vapes, exposes himself, and urinates on Jetstar seat Carla Sinclair

airplanes POV: You're a checked bag on your way to the airplane (video) David Pescovitz

united airlines United Airlines' Christmas movie "Love in Plane Sight" is as awful as you'd imagine Jennifer Sandlin

canceled flights Passengers raise a stink after poop found on floor of easyJet plane (video) Carla Sinclair

auctions Python cowboy boots, Leica camera, cars, and too many water bottles at Pittsburgh airport auction David Pescovitz

politics NYT Opinion columnist David Brooks issues a mea culpa after spending $50 on a glass of whiskey while decrying the "terrible economy" Jennifer Sandlin

twitter NY Times' David Brooks, forgetting how much he drank, complains of $80 burger Mark Frauenfelder