Crazy, long lines at Oakland airport as some Southwest passengers miss their flights

Oakland International Airport had long lines to check bags at Southwest on Thursday morning. The day is expected to be one of the busiest post-Christmas travel days, as people return home after visiting with family or head out on a New Year's trip. 

Here's where your luggage goes when airlines lose it

What happens when airlines find lost luggage after they've stopped looking for it? This is where the Unclaimed Baggage store comes in.

Holiday headaches for some Southwest Airlines passengers

It's proving to be another stressful Christmas week for some Southwest Airlines passengers, as the company was forced to cancel hundreds of flights on Christmas and Christmas Eve, mostly due to dense fog in Chicago.

6-year-old flying alone ends up on wrong Spirit Airlines flight

A 6-year-old boy's first time on a plane did not go as expected. The child, named Capser, was headed from Philadelphia to Florida, but his grandmother said that Spirit Airlines put him on the wrong flight.

Bay Area airports bustling amid Christmas travel rush

With days to go before Christmas, huge lines of people snaked out the door Friday morning at Oakland International Airport on the busiest travel day before the long weekend holiday. 

LaGuardia Airport: TSA officers catch Arkansas passenger hiding bullets in baby diaper

Security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside the disposable baby diaper at New York's LaGuardia Airport in the East Elmhurst section of Queens, the TSA said.

Rainiest day so far this season pummels Bay Area affecting travel, commute

Rain pummelled the Bay Area for the third day in a row on Wednesday – the rainiest day so far this season – creating treacherous driving conditions on freeways and affecting air travel less than a week before Christmas.

TSA testing self-screening to speed up airport wait times: How it works

The goal of TSA self-screening is not only reducing wait times for passengers, but also “reducing the number of pat downs and bag inspections" by TSA agents.

Airlines bolster preparedness for holiday travel season after last year's meltdown

There were thousands of flight delays and hundreds of cancelations across the U.S. on Monday as inclement weather ravaged the East Coast, but so far nothing compared to last year's holiday season.

Planes narrowly avoid collision on runway in Colorado after pilot's last-second maneuver: video

A quickly thinking airplane captain narrowly avoided a head-on crash at an airport in Colorado last year after unclear communication between two aircraft and the traffic control center.

National Parks: These are the free days to visit in 2024

The National Park Service is giving you an early holiday gift: Six days of free national park visits. The service announced the 2024 free entrance days.