Airport Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old airport quotes, airport sayings, and airport proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

It was exciting to be off on a journey she had looked forward to for months. Oddly, the billowing diesel fumes of the airport did not smell like suffocating effluence, it assumed a peculiar pungent scent that morning, like the beginning of a new adventure, if an adventure could exude a fragrance. E.A. Bucchianeri
Air travel reminds us who we are. It’s the means by which we recognize ourselves as modern. The process removes us from the world and sets us apart from each other. We wander in the ambient noise, checking one more time for the flight coupon, the boarding pass, the visa. Don DeLillo
You know… the airport is the only place you can walk around with no shoes, a glazed look on your face, and sleep on the benches and no one judges you. Coriander Woodruff
Maybe I live in the gates that lead to outbound international flights. Maybe that is home. And do I feel more comfortable at the departures or at the arrivals? Michal Coret
There is truly no other place bearing so much love as airports. Ioana Cristina Casapu
An altar is like an airport where spirits take off and land. Steven Chuks Nwaokeke
Best of stories are created at Airports, Dinner Tables and Showers! Jasleen Kaur Gumber
An airport is a place where you go through hell to reach your alleged paradise. Stewart Stafford
Stations and airports are rehearsals for separations by death. Anais Nin
I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports. Andre Leon Talley
Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Multiple airports, runways, two successful landings, we are simply mimicking what the computer already told us. Todd Komarnicki
You take someone to the airport, it's clearly the beginning of the relationship. That's why I have never taken anyone to the airport at the beginning of a relationship. Nora Ephron
It seems like I've been here forever / Killing time in an airport bar / I see a tourist / With a face like a razor Doug Martin
Kisses at airports, wide-open car doors / So slow to let go, wrapped up with eyes closed / Some mean 'I missed you,' some mean 'I'm going to' / But somehow they mean more Chase Mcgill
Captain's voice so loud and clear amplifies into my ear / Assuring me I'm flying friendly skies / L.A. International Airport / Where the big jet engines roar Leanne Scott
Airport, you've got a smiling face / You took my lady to another place / Fly her away - fly her away. Andrew Mcmaster
Cut your hair short, then walk through an airport, / So that you can dream of destinations Matthew Thiessen
This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me / Cause I'm stuck here on the ground, / Cold and drunk, as I might be. Gordon Lightfoot
Somewhere in the sky... / Foggy or fair, / Gotta be there / Lighting a flare at the airport Bernard D Hanighen
Meeting a square at the airport / Gotta arrive / Happy new jive / Maybe I'll get me a contract Bernard D Hanighen
Around and around it's gonna spin / Out at the airport where the planes come in / People buzzing like flies / Out at the airport where the planes come in Robert Plant
That airport looked so big and then so small / I couldn't hold a teardrop back at all Tom T Hall
And I'm picking up another bag / And I pack another knapsack / The airport's like a stop light to me / Sitting on red, green light go / Can't see my family Ed Sheeran
And these airports have seen / truer kisses then wedding halls Joey Parker
Gonna go out to the arrivals gate at the airport / And sit there all day / Watch people reuniting, public affection so exciting / It even makes airports okay Ani DiFranco
Airports are vital national resources. They serve a key role in transportation of people and goods and in regional, national, and international commerce. James H. Grothaus
Many small airports have no airport manager, but rather are managed by elected or appointed local officials, such as a city clerk or a director of public works. James H. Grothaus
Each airport is unique and may have attributes such as a geographic location that lends itself to possibilities such as scenic flights for hire. James H. Grothaus
Well-designed airports offer the passenger an experience which supports ad enhances the journey. Brian Edwards
Airports are now major gateways to continents and to countries. Brian Edwards
Airport terminal are the cathedrals of our age - a huge public space where people gather, wait, eat, sometimes sleep, and usually shop. Brian Edwards
The airport terminal is the central building of the air transport system. Brian Edwards
As air travel becomes more popular and accessible, the airport has assumed greater importance as a fundamentally new and challenging building type. Brian Edwards
The airport is cast as a predictable space where travel time potentially turns into endless waiting. Christopher Schaberg
Working at the airport was like entering a parallel universe. Christopher Schaberg
The airport industries continues to grow. There are many jobs that need to be done at airports. Jeff Mapua
Smaller airports often have similar look. As airports become larger, they become more complex. Jeff Mapua
Airports differ in how their facilities are used. Some difference is appropriate: air carriers differ, both in terms of markets they serve. FAA/OST Task Force Study
Modern airports, as we have seen, are coming to look more and more like shopping malls. George Ritzer
All human life can be found in an airport. David Walliams
Waiting for inspiration is like standing at the airport waiting for a train. Leigh Michaels
People who say life is precious don't spend much time on line at the airport. Dov Davidoff
Intelligence is the airport; will power is the airplane; man is the passenger and happiness is the destination! Mehmet Murat ildan
It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.' Douglas Adams
If you never miss a plane, you’re spending too much time at the airport. George Stigler
Life is like an airport. It's where every hello and goodbye take place. Mia Haryono
I think you should dress nicely for airports. You're surrounded by people coming from all walks of life. You should look your best. Casey Neistat
People who meet in airports are seventy-two percent more likely to fall for each other than people who meet anywhere else. Jennifer E. Smith
The only way my head was going truly somewhere else was to travel to a different life and not a different airport. Lionel Shriver
Anyone can look for fashion in a boutique or history in a museum. The creative explorer looks for history in a hardware store and fashion in an airport. Robert Wieder
I get pretty much all the exercise I need walking down airport concourses carrying bags. Guy Clark
Being stuck in airports, you always end up buying perfume and sunglasses. Lexa Doig