This is a great airport that has done nothing but expand and improve over the years. With the…read moreaddition on the museum and FedEx I can't wait to see what is next. Resuming reasonable flights to Spokane, Sacramento and Portland would be an awesome addition.

What a beautiful and wonderful little airport built out of town and away from major populations…read more It's painful to see a negative report from someone who chose to live under the traffic pattern and who complained to the FAA about airport operations . That is how our most cherished freedoms get regulated away.

I like Spokane International Airport. It's on the smaller side, but still large enough to offer a…read moreuseful selection of routes, and we use it when traveling to northern Idaho. Rental car pickup and return are especially easy, making the arrival and departure process much less stressful. TSA can look pretty backed up because there isn't much room for the lines, but in our experience, it usually moves faster than it appears. The TSA agents have also been consistently friendly, which is a nice contrast to some larger airports. My biggest complaint is the food selection. There used to be a Quiznos, but now the options are more limited, with a gastropub, a juice bar, and a coffee shop. I'd personally rather have a simple fast-food option, especially when looking for something less sugary. There also isn't much seating near the gates, so when flights are busy, you may end up standing until boarding starts.

One of my favorite tiny airports! Spokane Airport is simple and easy to navigate, especially…read morecompared with larger airports where everything feels like a project. Rental cars are conveniently located at the end of the corridor, and you can walk from the terminal to your car in just a couple of minutes. Drop-off is even easier. I can not tell you how much i appreciate this as someone who missed flights twice in my life and both were due to long rental car drop off processes. The whole airport follows a simple, straightforward flow--you basically move from one checkpoint to the next without much confusion. There is TSA PreCheck, although the process feels a little old-school. Instead of a clearly separated experience throughout, they hand you the classic blue card while you're in the TSA line to indicate PreCheck. Once through security, there's a small, circular food court with a few options, including coffee and a juice spot. From there, the airport continues with the same wonderfully simple layout, branching into two hallways for the A and B gates. Nothing fancy or overwhelming here--and that's exactly why I like it. Small, convenient, easy rental-car access, and you can get from one end to the other without wasting time. One of those airports that makes traveling just a little less stressful.

"Air Taxis R Us!"…read more SITREP I FIRST flew up from Walla Walla, WA in the Fall of 1980 (where I was in College) to visit my mom who was living in St. Maries, ID by then (where she grew up as a little girl and moved back to when she divorced my dad that same year). I love that there is not a Vietnam-era warplane now standing guard over the air field: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/st-maries-airport-st-maries?select=hQTr19Z7vzi_zstHUbNSQw THE SETUP Amazing. Upon visiting it again earlier this year, it really has not grown any bigger in 36 years. But you know what? * This is a remote location of Idaho; * It's big enough to get the single-prop / turbo-prop air taxis in-and-out for visitors like me; * It's in an IMPORTANT strategic location for both Wilderness Rescue and Fire Fighting (the helicopters stationed here often go fill up tanks in the reservoirs around my uncle's homestead to go fight forest fires); https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/st-maries-airport-st-maries?select=wVSmsdxVDfJOFNukw5fJ7A and, * Occasionally, we ARE treated to a Learjet or Gulfstream jet that is delivering a V.I.P. or had to make an emergency landing, and THAT is a dramatic event when the jet engines *REVERB* the entire little valley with it's turbine thrust. LOCAL KNIT COMMUNITY Other agricultural aircraft and some private owners with rented hangars balance out the aircraft community here. A fun, tight-knit group, and often with trips to go hang out at THE GEM STATE BAR (as if we were reliving the Cantina-scene from Star Wars). THE LOWDOWN There ain't no f*ckin TSA here, that's all I have to say!!!

Clean, pleasant, appears new. Friendly staff. Fuel prices are fair at 5.35 per gallon jet a.read more

Fairly friendly and efficient given that it is the TSA, but Spokane folks are typically friendly…read morefolks. Spokane International Airport is a small airport so there are usually not too many travelers on any given day. As a result the TSA lines are shorter and move quicker than the big boy airports.

May 13, 2024 at approximately 3:00 pm. There's nothing like showing up two hours early with only…read moreabout 20 other people going through the security checkpoint and having the tsa agent declare your real ID as invalid and demanding another form of ID because his colleague declares that my state "has a problem". I submit it is Spokane and these particular people who have "a problem" considering I have traveled hundreds of times with this ID with no problems and the gal in the adjacent kiosk had no problems. This tsa agent felt it necessary to continue to be obnoxious to us and others as we all tried to traverse a very unprofessional, inefficient and somewhat incompetent security situation. I travel quite a bit and am deeply appreciative of the necessary hard work tsa agents perform. Spokane can and needs to do better!

As far as TSA checkpoints go, this one is... Not great. Not the worst I've seen by a long shot. But…read morenot the best either. First and foremost, the layout is super weird. It gets crowded and backed up quickly. Also TSA Pre-check and the normal screening line terminate at the same group of agents, and then you go through the same checkpoint. The line sometimes backs up so far they run out of que space and then trail out into the lobby. For me personally, I have literally been stopped for additional screening every single time I've gone through this checkpoint. Every single time. So yeah, it's not the best.

Wow!!! That's the…read moreonly word I have for their process. When I went through screening, EVERY passenger was selected for additional screening...regardless of TSA Pre-Check or not. I take a number of meds that my life is dependent on and I never let them out of my positive control. At EVERY OTHER AIRPORT I've passed through, that isn't an issue. It's a very small pillbox and there is no Ferris metal on it at all. At this checkpoint, they refused to let me maintain control of it and took it away from me to screen. As such, I have no idea if they opened it and compromised the medication...because I wasn't allowed to stay with it while they screened it. I didn't make a fuss about it because I'm certain if I do I risk losing pre-check. What was really odd was the little blue laminated card they told me to hold on to throughout the process. When the agent checking my ID handed it to me, he said, "Hang on to this as it's your Golden Ticket to get out of extra screening." As soon as I walked through the magnetometer, the agent on the back side took it from me and told me I was randomly selected for extra screening. In other words, there is zero point to the cards, so I'm wondering why they use them. What also struck me was the fact that they appear to be running an excessive force and are staffing with way too many staff. I liken it to a small town police department with too many officers. They don't have enough legitimate work so they spend their time excessively hassling travelers. Lastly, and I find this funny. As I was walking up the ramp toward the screening area, I remarked to myself that it was going to be a quick process because there wasn't too long of a line. Boy was I wrong. When I flew out of San Jose (SJC), I went through screening in about three minutes. That's a busy airport and the pre-check line was 40 people deep before the agent checked my ID. Here, with no line at all, it took more than 10 minutes. I imagine an efficiency expert would lose their minds if they evaluated the process here. So...be prepared for a LOT of additional screening beyond what other airports do and be prepared for it to take at least three times longer than other small airports.

The experience we had with this company was not good. Our driver was very rude, would not make a…read morerequested stop, would not turn on the heat for us. Then, the bus battery died after the concert and they charged us for the time we were inconvenienced and spent waiting. When I was booking I was told gratuity not included. We gave our driver a cash tip that reflected the disappointing service we received but were charged an additional 20% on top of this. I would not recommend using this company. I travel very often for work and have experienced many levels of service. This was one of the lowest levels I've seen.

Not as advertised…read more I booked a Holiday Lights Tour before Thanksgiving. I made the inquiry and requested a quote through the website on November 13th for the 14 passenger Stretch Excursion for a December 18th tour. The reply said, "based on you request" and included the cost for up to 14 passengers. In a later email I was told ice and water would be provided, we could bring our own beverage. Bluetooth for music. Dec 18 rolls around and right on time, a 2005 town car limousine pulls up in front of my house. When we get in, the chauffeur hands me a roll of paper towels and says we might need them for the window fog. (even the windshield defroster did not work). There was no ice, no water, and no bluetooth. Radio only. The only reason I give the evening 2 stars is the tour was well planned and the selected displays were worthy. The accommodations took all of the elegance and adventure out of the booking. What irritates me the most is I booked early enough that my fare should not have been sold. There is more, but I have said enough. I did not plan to give a bad review. but when I emailed A-Star to express my dissatisfaction, it was not acknowledged. I do not recommend this Limousine Service, very disappointed.