Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

Mizzou Student Surprised to Find Herself the Face of Webster University

The face of Webster University's MBA program appears so happy and self-assured in the ads displayed at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. There she is, smiling confidently at the camera, her arms crossed boldly in front of her. Her gleaming image almost makes you want to join her and the other ... More >>

Videos: Top Ten TSA Airport Groping Scandals

Last week, footage of Transportation Security Administration officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport trying to pat down a three-year-old girl in a wheelchair went viral -- and brought national attention to TSA in St. Louis. Nathan Forck, the father trying to get his family to Disney Wor ... More >>

Video: Lambert Airport TSA Tries to Pat Down Three-Year-Old In Wheelchair, Going to Disney

This is not how the Forck family's trip to Disney World was supposed to go. An Osage Beach, Missouri family says they suffered quite an ordeal at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport earlier this month when Transportation Security Administration officials tried to pat down their three-year-old ... More >>

Passenger on Bird-Stricken AA Flight Describes "Acrid, Panicky Reek of Burning Plastic"

Last Friday evening, American Airlines flight 1186 roared out of Lambert International Airport, headed for Chicago-O'Hare. But by the time it hit 5,000 feet, it had collided with a bird, and had to turn back (this has happened at Lambert more than a couple dozen times so far this year). Here's how i ... More >>

More Laser Pointers Hit Planes at Lambert

The holiday weekend brought out the idiots again, as bozos with laser pointers lurking somewhere near Lambert International Airport shined their technological gewgaws into the cockpits of two aircraft on successive days. 

Flying High: Happy Hour to Arrive at Lambert at 4 a.m.

The airline industry needs cash in a major way. Overall profits were down some $3 billion last year, and so airlines have started rolling out well-publicized, much-maligned fees for things like checked bags and carry-on luggage. (Enjoy using that armrest for free while you still can.) Thankfully, ... More >>

Vicious Cycle: Dorian Williams thought he was a bike champion, shrinks and FBI be damned

Lambert Airport to Replace All Damaged Windows by Christmas

lambert-stlouis.comNone of the windows shared the same dimensions, adding to delay and costs.​Well, that only took eight months!Lambert-St. Louis International Airport announced today that it will finish replacing all the windows damaged from last April's tornado by the week of December 19. "We kn ... More >>

Today's Inaugural China Hub Flight Gets Mascot: Ghost of Herve Villechaize

Look, boss! The plane! The plane!​Media is invited this afternoon to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to witness the first of what city officials hope will be thousands of more cargo flights from China. The China Cargo Airlines jet is scheduled to land at 4 p.m. The governor, local official ... More >>

"Security Concerns" Force US Airways Flight to Land in St. Louis

​A US Airways flight form New York to Phoenix this morning made an unexpected stop at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Jeff Lea, spokesman for the airport, tells Daily RFT that the plane landed at 7:50 a.m. because of a "security-related concern." Passengers were taken off the plane. An in ... More >>

Fake Air Marshals Reportedly Kicked Off St. Louis to D.C. Flight

​Update 10:45 a.m.: The Transportation Security Administration today released a statement saying there was no security threat on United flight 3681 last night and no fake federal air marshals. The flight returned to the gate at the pilot's discretion. Original story follows...We're taking this sto ... More >>

St. Louis Airport Director Gung-Ho on Cargo Hub

Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge has done her part. Will legislators follow?​As legislators in Jefferson City yesterday continued to debate $360 million in tax credits to help fund an international cargo hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, the airport's director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, plowed f ... More >>

Peter Kinder: This Weekend, You Can Meet Him in St. Louis

Peter Kinder is making his first public appearance in St. Louis this weekend -- but we expect he'll be avoiding Verlin's (and the entire Metro East).​Embattled Lt. Governor Peter Kinder -- suddenly more famous for his brief appearance at a bar known for its pantsless parties and alleged wooing of ... More >>

FBI Warns St. Louisans To Stop Aiming Laser Pointers at Aircraft

FBI: Don't fall sway to the Dark Side!​Yes, they're incredibly cool and freak the hell out of your cat. But c'mon, people. Quit shooting your laser pointers at airplanes and helicopters. According to officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, at least two aircraft a month in the region ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Lambert Gets "Airport Experience" Restrooms

courtesy of Lambert-St. Louis International AirportThe airport's bringing sexy back.​OK, so they're not quite as glorious as the bathrooms at the Fountain on Locust -- which famously won an award last summer for having the best damn loo (or two) in the nation.But the new bathrooms at Lambert-St. L ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Beyond the Arch: Surprisingly cool destinations within a 30-minute drive

Man Attempts to Jump off Plane, Blames Mother's Day

Mom got you stressed?​If you don't throw Momma from the train, she might cause you to throw yourself off the plane. Yesterday, a 34-year-old man aboard a Continental flight traveling from Houston to Chicago made an attempt to open the airplane door while the plane was miles above the ground. ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Gets New Airline Only For Pets

What will they think of next? petairways.com​Today Lambert - St. Louis International Airport announced that Pet Airways will add the city to the 14 other destinations currently served by the airline. Pet Airways offers to ship your pet in style for fares starting as low as $99. According to the ai ... More >>

Nine Local Artists To Have Permanent Displays at St. Louis' Lambert Field

William LaChance's "Slipstream" is one of nine glass panels to be installed at Lambert this year.​Beginning this month crews at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport will begin hanging a series of glass panels featuring the works of local artists. The nine participants chosen for the display all ... More >>

Federal Funding Cuts Could Hurt St. Louis' China Hub Project

Did our China hub just get grounded?​The House of Representatives today passed an FAA Reauthorization bill that could thwart efforts to create a trade hub with China at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The bill includes funding for the Airport Improvement Program that currently allocates $ ... More >>

Lambert Cabbie Fees: Update on Drivers' Suit Against Taxicab Commission

An extra airport fee to fund the taxicab commission is legal, its lawyer says.​Last week, we told you about the lawsuit filed by a pair of taxi drivers, alleging that the $1 fee assessed on cabs leaving Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is an illegal tax.But within days of the class action s ... More >>

Two Politicians Walk Into an Airport...

image via​No, it's not the start of a lame joke. Or, well, maybe it is. We'll just have to wait almost two years to find out the punch line. Sen. Claire McCaskill tweeted this morning that she ran into Jim Talent, the Republican whose one-time Senate seat she currently occupies. (McCaskill de ... More >>

Backscatter: Much Ado About Nothing

​All the buzz about stepped-up airport security during the Thanksgiving travel-palooza seems to have been much ado about nothing. Media reports stoked fears of huge delays, gropings, protests and all-around mayhem, but it didn't really happen, here in St. Louis or in other airports around the coun ... More >>

Lambert Field Gets Full-Body Scanners; Prepare to Get Virtually Naked

Sexy? Maybe if you're Terminator 2.​The Transportation Security Administration has been rolling out full-body imaging machines at the nation's airports for the past couple years. Now the scanners have finally arrived in St. Louis (a.k.a. terrorist target #499 on a list of 500 cities). The X-ray de ... More >>

KKK-Recruiting Union Official Booted from Federally-Funded Job Site

An officer with a local union has been booted from a federally-funded work site -- for passing out KKK propaganda on the job.Recruiting for the KKK can get you fired.​The man, an officer with the Local 53 chapter of the Laborers International Union of North America, has not been named. But Adolphu ... More >>

Union Leader Recruited for KKK on Job Site, NAACP Says

A board member for a local union has been distributing promotional material for the KKK on a St. Louis County job site, officials with the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP alleged this morning.One T-shirt featured on www.kkk.com​Adolphus Pruitt, the NAACP's vice chair for legal redress, tell ... More >>

The TSA Gets Put on Notice -- And Yes, Removing Your Shoes at the Airport is Idiotic

It is high time the TSA get its comeuppance for  airport screening indignities.​On March 29, 2009, Steve Bierfeldt was detained in a small room at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and interrogated for a half-hour by the Transportation Security Administration. Bierfeldt's ... More >>

Alaska Airlines Coming to St. Louis, Won't Fly You to Alaska

Alaska? She'll take you there.​Lambert-St. Louis International Airport announced today the addition of its 14th commercial carrier: Alaska Airlines. The company will begin service in September with a once a day flight to Fairbanks, Juneau, Anchorage, Nome, Ketichikan, Seattle. That's Seattle, Wash ... More >>

Recalling that Near-Disastrous Flight From St. Louis to Chicago on September 28, 2007

Should this plane have been grounded? According to a new study, more than 65,000 flights should have been over the past six years.​Since 2003, at least 65,000 U.S. airline flights should never have been permitted to leave the ground because shoddy repair work and improper maintaina ... More >>

Bird-Plane Collisions Up Nearly 300 Percent at St. Louis Lambert Field

The common blackbird is often cited for many of the collisions at Lambert Field. ​The Associated Press recently reported that bird-plane collisions across the United States rose dramatically last year with nearly 10,000 documented incidents -- up from a previous high of 7,507 strikes in 2007.In so ... More >>

Kinloch Mayor In Trouble For Telling Wounded Cop to Pay His Own Medical Bills

photo by Jennifer SilverbergFormer Kinloch police captain Everett James ​In January 2007, Kinloch police captain Everett James shot a suspect after a physical confrontation that left the veteran officer hospitalized with wounds to his face and head. Shortly after he was released from the hospital, ... More >>

"It's Clooney Chaos!"

Yes, George Clooney is coming to St. Louis to film Up in the Air and yes, the producers are looking for extras, and yes, you, St. Louisans, can get involved.Casting director Joni Tackette will be searching for approximately 2,100 paid extras in an open call at the Crestwood Court Mall on January 24t ... More >>

$16 Million Restaurant Plan at Lambert

What's Wrong with This Picture?

Thong Bandit

A Bridgeton intruder has women's panties in a knot.

Death and Taxis

Minority cab companies doing business with the airport may face extinction

Cash Landing

With bills coming due at Lambert, St. Louis considers drastic change

Big Top Hip-Hop

UniverSoul Circus stays street

Which Virtue Is the Most Overrated?

Week of July 2, 2003

He Can't Blight City Hall

Bridgeton Mayor Conrad Bowers fails to persuade Lambert Airport officials to buy him out

Their Ticket Out

Development plans could mean the end of Edmundson. Most residents are ready to go.

BODY OF EVIDENCE

Years after Linda Sherman vanished, her skull turned up at a restaurant. Now the cops are hoping that new forensic tests will lead to her remains -- and nail their primary suspect. But he’s not worried.