Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Stuck at DFW? Bummer. Here Are Your Eight Best Bar and Bites Options

Total bummer about American Airline's computer glitch out at D/FW Airport. The bad news is your stuck in the awkward space between nowhere and home (or, even worse, vacation!). The good news is, you have some food and beverage options to pass the time. Funny thing about the airport bubble, it's sort ... More >>

DFW Airport is Getting Nap Rooms Next Month

Soon, travelers stranded at DFW Airport be forced to pretzel themselves on uncomfortable seats or sneak away to an isolated corner of carpet for a few minutes of shuteye. That's because the airport is getting nap rooms. The rooms -- more accurately, a nap hotel -- are planned by Minute Suites, a c ... More >>

III Forks and Teavana Open at DFW Airport, Plus a New Cowboys PINK Store and Village for Your "Visit"

If you find yourself in the soul-sucking portal of travel delays and cancellations at DFW Airport soon, well, happy holidays! While you channel Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, you can now have a spot o' tea at the new tea emporium Teavana, located in Terminal A. If you're feeling a ... More >>

Pay No Mind to That Flaming Airbus A380 at DFW Airport. It's Only a Drill.

Drivers traveling past DFW Airport today may have noticed the cloud of black smoke rising into the air. This guy did, at least:

Cabbies Say There's a Taxi Monopoly in Dallas, and They're Fighting to Break it Up

Jack Bewley and Jeff Finkel have spent the last several years methodically strengthening their position in the Dallas taxi market. Their company, Irving Holdings, was established with the merger of five local cab companies. In 2007, they brought Freedom, Eagle, and Jet taxi companies. Earlier this y ... More >>

Former Cop Wants DART to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits

Offering benefits to the partners of LGBT workers is gradually becoming a standard thing for large public employers in North Texas. The city of Dallas included domestic partner benefits in 2004, DFW Airport in 2010 and Parkland this year. Dallas County is poised to follow suit at the first of next y ... More >>

State Farm Wants To Insure Johnson County, Texas, Against Frack-Water Induced Quakes

Like a good neighbor, State Farm wants to insure Johnson County homeowners against fracking-related earthquake damage. Cleburne, aka Lil' San Andreas, has experienced a string of quakes this summer. Which is weird because, before 2008, the area had absolutely zero history of seismic activity. State ... More >>

Your First Look at the Modernization Project That Aims To Bring Love Field to the Big Time

Who doesn't love Love Field? Easily negotiated, convenient, it's everything that Dallas-Fort Worth International isn't. But it's always had that dingy, regional-airport feel. Said interim Aviation director Mark Duebner, "Compared to what we've been working with -- our 1950s terminal with few ameniti ... More >>

Adios, Silver City on Stemmons. Hello, Sprawling "Complex" of, Ya Know, Adult Clubs.

​Rick's Cabaret -- last seen slugging it out with then-Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief and American Airlines over that topless club on the south side of Dallas-Fort Worth International -- is about to make it rain all up and down Stemmons, near Mockingbird. Per its morning heads-up, the Houston-base ... More >>

It's 100 Degrees. Take That, 1980!

​This just in from the National Weather Service:DFW Airport has reached 100 degrees today. This ties the record for most 100 degree days in a year (69 days). We should easily surpass this record tomorrow.Great. Swell. Awesome. Break out the ... well, not water. That'd be a waste. Which reminds me: ... More >>

WSJ Climbs Inside DFW's Control Tower

​As it turns out, according to an article that just appeared on the Wall Street Journal's website, life inside the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport air traffic control towers -- otherwise known as the Terminal Radar Approach Control facility, or TRACON -- is sort of a cross between Airplane! and Pushing ... More >>

Citing "Unrealistic" Security Concerns, Salon's "Ask a Pilot" Defends "Pranksters in Dallas"

​One week ago today we got our first look at Joe Ayala and Larry Chen's late-night shenanigans at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as documented in the short film Stuck, which, in short order, would become a national story because of security concerns raised by some (including Friend of Unf ... More >>

"Beyond Belief": Transport Workers Union Furious Over Gerard Arpey's $5.2 Mil

AMR CEO Gerard Arpey​As you're no doubt aware, American Airlines' flight attendants and service workers have long been at odds with the Fort Worth-based carrier over new contracts, leading to an endless parade of protests -- including ones at Dallas-Fort Worth International during Super Bowl week ... More >>

It's a Secret, But Love Field Is Ranked ...

​Every year, the Airports Council International -- a trade org representing most of the airports in the world -- asks terminal travelers how they really feel about their skymalls. And every year, the ACI manages to keep those reports secret. Except this year: The Times of London has hidden behind ... More >>

Dallas, You Are Now Free(-ish) to Fly to Cuba

​So says this just-posted AP piece, which notes that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has decided to allow charter flights to Cuba from eight new airports -- among them Baltimore, New Orleans, Atlanta, San Juan ... and Dallas-Fort Worth International! Till now, you could only fly out of New York ... More >>

Once More Into the Frack: Council Considers Changes for Disposal Well at DFW Airport

Chesapeake EnergyA diagram from "Ask Chesapeake" shows a disposal well for spent fracking fluid, down into the Ellenburger Formation underneath the Barnett Shale.​If you thought you'd heard the last from the City Council on gas drilling for a while, well, think again.Originally, the council was go ... More >>

See, Strips Clubs Are Good For the Economy

Patrick Michels​Dunno why Mayor Mike Moncrief and the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport board are so stimulated to keep that new Rick's Cabaret from getting its TABC on; don't they know that girls, girls, girls getting that cherry pie hot in herre all night long is good for the coffers? Says ... More >>

There's Always Tomorrow (or Saturday): Your Rangers Meet and Greet Their Fans at DFW

Stephen MaskerOn Wednesday morning, Josh Hamilton was named by fellow major-leaguers the game's best player. Early Thursday morning, he was giving out autographs.​Our Stephen Masker was at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport last night -- which is to say, at 1 this morning -- when Your Texas R ... More >>

The Big Apple: My Top 10 Observer-ations

You are looking liiiiiiiiive!!!​10. Got my bag checked and my toothpaste confiscated at D/FW Airport. Do I look that guilty? 9. I'll never get tired of flying into New York. That skyline is one of the best views on Earth. 8. Nothing more unnerving than the cab ride from LaGuardia Aipor ... More >>

If Only He'd Been Seated Next to Larry David

The AA passenger at DFW did not look like this.​On an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that aired, oh, about a year ago, Larry David lectured an airplane seatmate about what not to wear on a flight. "A little traveling tip: Try not to wear shorts. Not all that attractive to look at for five hours." ... More >>

Your Friday Morning Eye Candy: Timelapse Dallas, Set to the Gattaca Sound Track

Doubtful this daily video kick-off will become, like, a thing. Nevertheless, Robert Hunt's Timelapse Dallas, shot with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1, caused a three-minute stop-down this morning and is most certainly worth your time as it fast-forwards though Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, the ... More >>

DART Sends Word: Sales Tax Drop Will Cause "Indefinite" Delays of Three Significant Projects

​We've known since March that Dallas Area Rapid Transit's $3-billion drop in sales tax receipts would put on hold several key projects, chief among them the second downtown rail line, or D2. But exactly what and for how long? Those are answers we didn't know, not until this evening. DART spokesman ... More >>

This Is Not How You're Supposed to Fly Out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

A good Friend of Unfair Park, through a friend of a friend of a friend, just shot us this extraordinary video captured early yesterday morning at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Took place at the north toll plaza, which served as a launching ramp for one drunk driver trying to exit the airp ... More >>

Everything You Wanted to Know About Love Field Concession Bids and Terminal Updates But Were Afraid to Ask

Click to embiggen the current proposal for Love Field's new food and beverage layout upon completion of the Love Field Modernization Program​Late last night, Dallas City Hall finally posted the briefing docs for tomorrow afternoon's debut performance of the Love Field Concession Committee, formed ... More >>

Welcome Home a Hero, in First Person

For five years, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has operated its Welcome Home a Hero program, which has brought thousands out to the airport to welcome home soldiers on leave or just passing through. And though it's been well-covered -- here's the ABC World News piece from '07 -- till I came ... More >>

Labor Relations Board Makes Federal Case Out of Union Fight at DFW Car Rental Sites

​The Courthouse News Service this morning has this lawsuit outta Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport -- specifically, the Vanguard Car Rental locations at the airport (Vanguard operates National and Alamo). The regional director of the National Labor Relations Board's Fort Worth office has fil ... More >>

DFW Airport Board Member Ousted Because of Opposition to Trinity River Toll Road

Brian HarkinMayor Pro Tem Dr. Elba Garcia admits she helped remove John Loza from the DFW Airport board based on his position on the Trinity River toll road referendum.When the Dallas City Council last week replaced former council member John Loza on the DFW Airport board with Brenda Reyes, we were ... More >>

One More Reason Not to Fly: At DFW Airport, You Could Get Your Stuffs Stole

The Consumerist has picked up WFAA-Channel 8's piece concerning the rise in thefts reported at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in recent years. Reports Jason Whitely, in 2003 there were 266 reports of thefts and stolen vehicles at the airport -- and 607 last year. Meanwhile, the significantl ... More >>

Are You Too a "Bewildered and Angry Flier"?

The Wall Street Journal this morning examines airlines' inconsistently, almost arbitrarily enforced rules and regulations -- you know, the kind that result in "bewildered and angry fliers." As a prime example, the paper checks in with a frequent flier who found himself subject to the whims of an Ame ... More >>

Buzz Reviews the News of 2008: Yes. It Was All Bad.

Sex clubs in the 'burbs, teacher layoffs in the district, black holes in the commissioners court—Buzz makes perfect sense of 2008

Nastia's Back -- And You'd Best Make Your Travel Plans Accordingly

Looked Like You Picked the Wrong Week to Stop Sniffing Glue

At DFW Airport You'll Find the 41st Bestest Hotel in the Whole Wide World

Welcome to Hell: Or, Good Luck Getting Out of DFW, Suckers.

The Fear of Not Flying

Items of Interest, Far As You Know

DFW Airport's Great! (But, a Suggestion.)

When Will the Story of Rrustem Neza Get Made Into a Movie?

Getting a Charge from Local Airports

So, You Don't Like Airplane Food, Hunh?

Grand Prairie Granny Gets Around

Wright Deal Not Right? Maybe. Probably?

Love Love Field

Mayor Tries to Shoot Down DMN Story

Wright is Wrong. No, Wait. Right. Wrong. Uh.

Welcome to Hell, Suckers

Labor of Love

Runway Renaissance

No boarding pass required for Journeys: Public + Private

Tipping the Scales

Why do self-service restaurants ask for tips?