LJSkybraries: Used Books Fly Off the Shelves at Airports
Anchorage, Miami, Jackson, Wyoming, and Burlington, Vermont, there are lending libraries for travelers book carts, or library-sponsored storefronts and children’s reading initiatives, reports The Washington Post.
The newspaper has published a list of the locations in airports with ‘skybraries.’ The coolest one has to be Newark International featuring personal favorite books of United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby.
Where to find ‘skybraries’
ALASKA
Fairbanks International Airport: Read on the Fly libraries at gates 1 and 6.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport: Read on the Fly libraries near the children’s play area in the C Concourse, in the B Concourse and by the regional airline baggage claim area.
CALIFORNIA
SLO County Airport, San Luis Obispo: Little Free Library in the courtyard.
COLORADO
Denver International Airport: United Airlines lending library, gate B38.
FLORIDA
Miami International Airport: Books With an Altitude Library between gates H5 and H7, accessible to passengers in concourses H and J.
Orlando International Airport: Little Free Library next to the front desk in the lobby of the on-site Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport.
Punta Gorda Airport: Flybrary Book Exchange at the north end of the Bailey Terminal in the arrivals area near baggage claim.
Southwest Florida International Airport: United Airlines traveling library.
ILLINOIS
O’Hare International Airport: United Airlines lending library at gate C18 in Terminal 1.
KENTUCKY
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport: Airport Library, with a children’s space and lounge area in Concourse B.
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Logan International Airport: United Airlines lending library, Terminal B.
MICHIGAN
Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City: Little Free Flybrary near the Cherry Country Cafe.
Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Grand Rapids: Free libraries at concourses A and B.
MINNESOTA
Rochester International Airport: Books on the Fly mini-library, post-security between gates 2 and 3.
NEBRASKA
Lincoln Airport: Free library at the top of the escalator.
NEW JERSEY
Newark Liberty International Airport: Children’s lending libraries at gate Gate 32A in Terminal A and gate C104 in Terminal C; United Airlines mini library at United Club in Terminal C featuring favorites of CEO Scott Kirby.
NEW YORK
Syracuse Hancock International Airport: SYR Reading Runway is on the second level of the airport, on the public side of the TSA checkpoint.
OREGON
Redmond Municipal Airport: Flybrary with locations pre- and post-security.
PENNSYLVANIA